Parse a File to String ??

[paulbradley]

I have the following code to get a file using a file chooser:
//**********
String filename = File.separator+"tmp";
JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser(new File(filename));

fc.showOpenDialog(null);
File selectedFile = fc.getSelectedFile();

System.out.println(selectedFile);
Library lib = Library.load(selectedFile);
//****************
However, the last line won't compile as the filename passed to the load method in Library must be a String, can you parse the file name or is there another solution? Thanks.

 

[Diancecht]

Maybe selectedFile.getName()

Cheers,

Dian

 

[sedj]

What is the "Library" class ? Never heard of it ... you load a file very differently - using the FileInputStream class.

However, if it is just some custome class that actually does that, you can call :


Library lib;
if (selectedFile.exists()) {
lib = Library.load(selectedFile.toString());
} else {
// handle file not exist error
{


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