FileChooser checking for an existing file

[sky]

Hi everyone,

I was taking a look at the Java Swing Tutorial and I implemented a FileChooser for saving files. However, I didn't find how to check if the file you are trying to save already exists in the directory. Is there a way to do it?

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if (file.exists()) {

}

[sky]

I didn't realize that the filechooser only returns the file object, but it doesn't actually save it.

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I didn't realize that the filechooser only returns the file object, but it doesn't actually save it.

That is correct. You have to write the code to do that. If you haven't done so, have a look at the JFileChooser tutorial in the Sun Swing tutorials.

[sky]

Yes, I've already had the code for that. For creating a FileChooser to save a file and check if the file exists, the code would be something like that (just in case somebody needs it):

JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
int returnVal = fc.showSaveDialog(frame);
  
if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION){
       File file = fc.getSelectedFile();
            
       if (file.exists()) {
                int n = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(frame, "The given file does already exists \n Would you like to replace it?", "File found error", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
            } 
            
            if (n==JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
                String fileName = file.getName();
                // Save the file
             } else if n==JOptionPane.NO_OPTION) {
                // Do nothing
             } 
        } else {
               // Save the file
        }
}