Listing files WITHOUT path names...and not as strings!

[dauber]

So...I have this piece of code...

File leftDir=new File("/Volumes/Apple Scruffs/");
File[] leftDirList=leftDir.listFiles();
listOnLeft.setListData(leftDirList);
listLeft.getViewport().add(listOnLeft);

This is all on the left side of a JSplitPane. listLeft is the JScrollPane on the left,and listOnLeft is a JList that's displayed in the "listLeft" pane. (I know, I need to rename those variables to make 'em less confusing!)

Basically, this shows a list of all the files within /Volumes/Apple Scruffs -- and it works perfect...except that I just want the file names, not the paths. I did some searching, but all I could find were examples that specifically dealt with strings rather than components, and they weren't very helpful in isolating the filenames, either.

Thoughts??

[eRaaaa]

There are many ways to get this. One of them would be, that you create a String array in addition to your File array and iterate over your file array and call the getName() method on each file and put it into your strng array:
e.g.

		String[] names = new String[leftDirList.length];
		for (int i = 0; i < leftDirList.length; i++) {
			names[i] = leftDirList[i].getName();
		}
		list.setListData(names);

(or simple, call --> leftDir.list() instead of listFiles() :D)

Or you can write your own renderer for the jlist or use the FilenameFilter or or or :)

[dauber]

(or simple, call --> leftDir.list() instead of listFiles() :D)

Or you can write your own renderer for the jlist or use the FilenameFilter or or or :)

Thanks for the reply, eRaaaa! leftDir.list() doesn't work -- this is a File array, remember, and leftDir.list() returns a String.

I knew about FilenameFilter, but can't for the life of me figure it out. :(

Your previous suggestion with the string code, though, DID IT. Thank you so much!

[eRaaaa]

Yeah it returns a String array, but i dont understand whats wrong with that? Is that not what you want? (ok you lost some informations...)
Try

listOnLeft.setCellRenderer(new ListCellRenderer() {
			JLabel label = new JLabel();
			@Override
			public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value,
					int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
				label.setText(((File)value).getName()); //instead of toString method of file class
//TODO: isSelected - change color and so on...
				return label;
			}
		});

[ozzyman]

Search a directory, find all the files, then get the ones you want (ending with *.txt, *.jpg, etc)

    public static List<File> searchDirectory(String subdir, String fileext) {

        //a list to hold the files that you want
        List<File> foundFiles = new ArrayList<File>();
        //a list to hold all files found
        List<File> listOfFiles = new ArrayList<File>();

        File folder = new File(subdir);
        if (folder != null) {

            //add all Files in the folder to the list
            listOfFiles.addAll(java.util.Arrays.asList(folder.listFiles()));

            //loop through the Files
            for (int i=0; i<listOfFiles.size(); i++) {

                if (listOfFiles.get(i).isFile()) {
                    String filename = listOfFiles.get(i).getName();

                    //add the files we are looking for to the other list
                    if (filename.endsWith(fileext)) {
                        foundFiles.add(listOfFiles.get(i));
                    }

                }

            }

        }
        return foundFiles;
    }

With your new list of files, just loop through them and use File f.getName() to get the name without the path. To get the full name with the path use f.getAbsolutePath();