Re: URL file chooser

Robert M. Gary <rmg1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would like to modify my project to allow customers to specify
> configuration files with URL syntax rather than straight files to allow
> more flexibility in accessing remote configuration options. On my
> server side all worked very well but the GUI guys are not sure how to
> approach this. I don't have much of any experience on the GUI side of
> Java myself. I guess they are currently using a FileChooser widget to
> allow the customer to choose the configuration file. Is there an
> equivelent widget that works for URL syntax?

It's called JOptionPane.showInputDialog.

There is no way to provide a better interface for URLs, because there's
no reliable way to get directory listings for an arbitrary URL. For
example, if the URL is http, requesting a directory will typically
return the index.html file in that directory, rather than a listing of
the directory contents.

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