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How to accept dropped files in Java Swing
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package scratch; | |
import java.awt.BorderLayout; | |
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor; | |
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException; | |
import java.io.File; | |
import java.io.IOException; | |
import java.util.Arrays; | |
import java.util.List; | |
import javax.swing.JFrame; | |
import javax.swing.JLabel; | |
import javax.swing.SwingConstants; | |
import javax.swing.TransferHandler; | |
@SuppressWarnings("serial") | |
public class DropTarget extends JFrame { | |
private static class DropTargetTransferHandler extends TransferHandler { | |
@Override | |
public boolean canImport(TransferSupport support) { | |
return Arrays.asList(support.getDataFlavors()) | |
.contains(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor); | |
} | |
@Override | |
public boolean importData(TransferSupport support) { | |
try { | |
System.out.println("importData"); | |
List<File> droppingFiles = (List<File>) support | |
.getTransferable() | |
.getTransferData(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor); | |
System.out.println("Importing:" + droppingFiles); | |
DropTarget target = (DropTarget) support.getComponent(); | |
target.droppedText | |
.setText(droppingFiles.get(0).getAbsolutePath()); | |
} catch (UnsupportedFlavorException | IOException e) { | |
e.printStackTrace(); | |
} | |
return true; | |
} | |
} | |
private TransferHandler transferHandler = new DropTargetTransferHandler(); | |
private JLabel droppedText; | |
public DropTarget() { | |
super("Drop Target"); | |
setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE); | |
getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout()); | |
droppedText = new JLabel("Drop Stuff Here"); | |
droppedText.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER); | |
getContentPane().add(droppedText, BorderLayout.CENTER); | |
setSize(400, 400); | |
setTransferHandler(transferHandler); | |
} | |
public static void main(String[] args) { | |
DropTarget f = new DropTarget(); | |
f.setVisible(true); | |
} | |
} |
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