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/*
* Copyright (c) 2004 David Flanagan. All rights reserved.
* This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3nd Edition.
* It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
* You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose,
* including teaching and use in open-source projects.
* You may distribute it non-commercially as long as you retain this notice.
* For a commercial use license, or to purchase the book,
* please visit http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples3.
*/
import java.awt.Button;
import java.awt.FileDialog;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.Panel;
import java.awt.TextArea;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* This class creates and displays a window containing a TextArea, in which the
* contents of a text file are displayed.
*/
public class FileViewer extends Frame implements ActionListener {
String directory; // The default directory to display in the FileDialog
TextArea textarea; // The area to display the file contents into
/** Convenience constructor: file viewer starts out blank */
public FileViewer() {
this(null, null);
}
/** Convenience constructor: display file from current directory */
public FileViewer(String filename) {
this(null, filename);
}
/**
* The real constructor. Create a FileViewer object to display the specified
* file from the specified directory
*/
public FileViewer(String directory, String filename) {
super(); // Create the frame
// Destroy the window when the user requests it
addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
dispose();
}
});
// Create a TextArea to display the contents of the file in
textarea = new TextArea("", 24, 80);
textarea.setFont(new Font("MonoSpaced", Font.PLAIN, 12));
textarea.setEditable(false);
this.add("Center", textarea);
// Create a bottom panel to hold a couple of buttons in
Panel p = new Panel();
p.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT, 10, 5));
this.add(p, "South");
// Create the buttons and arrange to handle button clicks
Font font = new Font("SansSerif", Font.BOLD, 14);
Button openfile = new Button("Open File");
Button close = new Button("Close");
openfile.addActionListener(this);
openfile.setActionCommand("open");
openfile.setFont(font);
close.addActionListener(this);
close.setActionCommand("close");
close.setFont(font);
p.add(openfile);
p.add(close);
this.pack();
// Figure out the directory, from filename or current dir, if necessary
if (directory == null) {
File f;
if ((filename != null) && (f = new File(filename)).isAbsolute()) {
directory = f.getParent();
filename = f.getName();
} else
directory = System.getProperty("user.dir");
}
this.directory = directory; // Remember the directory, for FileDialog
setFile(directory, filename); // Now load and display the file
}
/**
* Load and display the specified file from the specified directory
*/
public void setFile(String directory, String filename) {
if ((filename == null) || (filename.length() == 0))
return;
File f;
FileReader in = null;
// Read and display the file contents. Since we're reading text, we
// use a FileReader instead of a FileInputStream.
try {
f = new File(directory, filename); // Create a file object
in = new FileReader(f); // And a char stream to read it
char[] buffer = new char[4096]; // Read 4K characters at a time
int len; // How many chars read each time
textarea.setText(""); // Clear the text area
while ((len = in.read(buffer)) != -1) { // Read a batch of chars
String s = new String(buffer, 0, len); // Convert to a string
textarea.append(s); // And display them
}
this.setTitle("FileViewer: " + filename); // Set the window title
textarea.setCaretPosition(0); // Go to start of file
}
// Display messages if something goes wrong
catch (IOException e) {
textarea.setText(e.getClass().getName() + ": " + e.getMessage());
this.setTitle("FileViewer: " + filename + ": I/O Exception");
}
// Always be sure to close the input stream!
finally {
try {
if (in != null)
in.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
}
/**
* Handle button clicks
*/
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String cmd = e.getActionCommand();
if (cmd.equals("open")) { // If user clicked "Open" button
// Create a file dialog box to prompt for a new file to display
FileDialog f = new FileDialog(this, "Open File", FileDialog.LOAD);
f.setDirectory(directory); // Set the default directory
// Display the dialog and wait for the user's response
f.show();
directory = f.getDirectory(); // Remember new default directory
setFile(directory, f.getFile()); // Load and display selection
f.dispose(); // Get rid of the dialog box
} else if (cmd.equals("close")) // If user clicked "Close" button
this.dispose(); // then close the window
}
/**
* The FileViewer can be used by other classes, or it can be used standalone
* with this main() method.
*/
static public void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
// Create a FileViewer object
Frame f = new FileViewer((args.length == 1) ? args[0] : null);
// Arrange to exit when the FileViewer window closes
f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
// And pop the window up
f.show();
}
}
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