BasicFileChooserUI.BasicFileView (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • javax.swing.filechooser.FileView
  • • javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicFileChooserUI.BasicFileView

• Enclosing class:
  BasicFileChooserUI

protected class BasicFileChooserUI.BasicFileView
extends FileView

• • Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field	Description
  protected Hashtable<File,Icon>	iconCache

  • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  BasicFileView()

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  void	cacheIcon(File f,Icon i)
  void	clearIconCache()
  Icon	getCachedIcon(File f)
  String	getDescription(File f)	A human readable description of the file.
  Icon	getIcon(File f)	The icon that represents this file in the JFileChooser.
  String	getName(File f)	The name of the file.
  String	getTypeDescription(File f)	A human readable description of the type of the file.
  Boolean	isHidden(File f)

     * ### Methods inherited from class javax.swing.filechooser.[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html "class in javax.swing.filechooser")  
     `[isTraversable](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#isTraversable-java.io.File-)`  
     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[clone](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [equals](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [hashCode](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--), [notify](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [toString](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#toString--), [wait](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Field Detail

     * #### iconCache  
     protected [Hashtable](../../../../java/util/Hashtable.html "class in java.util")<[File](../../../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io"),[Icon](../../../../javax/swing/Icon.html "interface in javax.swing")> iconCache  

  • Constructor Detail

    * #### BasicFileView  
    public BasicFileView()  

  • Method Detail

    * #### clearIconCache  
    public void clearIconCache()  
    * #### getName  
    public [String](../../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") getName([File](../../../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io") f)  
    Description copied from class: `[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getName-java.io.File-)`  
    The name of the file. Normally this would be simply`f.getName()`.  
    Overrides:  
    `[getName](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getName-java.io.File-)` in class `[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html "class in javax.swing.filechooser")`  
    * #### getDescription  
    public [String](../../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") getDescription([File](../../../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io") f)  
    Description copied from class: `[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getDescription-java.io.File-)`  
    A human readable description of the file. For example, a file named _jag.jpg_ might have a description that read: "A JPEG image file of James Gosling's face".  
    Overrides:  
    `[getDescription](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getDescription-java.io.File-)` in class `[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html "class in javax.swing.filechooser")`  
    * #### getTypeDescription  
    public [String](../../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") getTypeDescription([File](../../../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io") f)  
    Description copied from class: `[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getTypeDescription-java.io.File-)`  
    A human readable description of the type of the file. For example, a `jpg` file might have a type description of: "A JPEG Compressed Image File"  
    Overrides:  
    `[getTypeDescription](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getTypeDescription-java.io.File-)` in class `[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html "class in javax.swing.filechooser")`  
    * #### getCachedIcon  
    public [Icon](../../../../javax/swing/Icon.html "interface in javax.swing") getCachedIcon([File](../../../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io") f)  
    * #### cacheIcon  
    public void cacheIcon([File](../../../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io") f,  
                          [Icon](../../../../javax/swing/Icon.html "interface in javax.swing") i)  
    * #### getIcon  
    public [Icon](../../../../javax/swing/Icon.html "interface in javax.swing") getIcon([File](../../../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io") f)  
    Description copied from class: `[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getIcon-java.io.File-)`  
    The icon that represents this file in the `JFileChooser`.  
    Overrides:  
    `[getIcon](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getIcon-java.io.File-)` in class `[FileView](../../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html "class in javax.swing.filechooser")`  
    * #### isHidden  
    public [Boolean](../../../../java/lang/Boolean.html "class in java.lang") isHidden([File](../../../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io") f)

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