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Class  FileView</H2>
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java.lang.Object
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  +--<B>javax.swing.filechooser.FileView</B>
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<DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicFileChooserUI.BasicFileView.html">BasicFileChooserUI.BasicFileView</A></DD>
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<DT>public abstract class <B>FileView</B><DT>extends java.lang.Object</DL>

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FileView defines an abstract class that can be implemented to
 provide the filechooser with ui information for a File.

 Each L&F JFileChooserUI object implements this class to pass
 back the correct icons and type descriptions specific to
 that L&F. For example, the Windows L&F returns the generic Windows
 icons for directories and generic files.

 Additionally, you may want to provide your own FileView to
 JFileChooser to return different icons or additional information
 using <A HREF="../../../javax/swing/JFileChooser.html#setFileView(javax.swing.filechooser.FileView)"><CODE>JFileChooser.setFileView(javax.swing.filechooser.FileView)</CODE></A>.

 JFileChooser first looks to see if there is a user defined FileView,
 if there is, it gets type information from there first. If FileView
 returns null for any method, JFileChooser then uses the L&F specific
 view to get the information.

 So, for example, if you provide a FileView class that returns an
 <code>Icon</code> for JPG files, and returns <code>null</code>
 icons for all other files, the UI's FileView will provide default
 icons for all other files.

 For an example implementation of a simple file filter, see
 <code><i>yourJDK</i>/demo/jfc/FileChooserDemo/ExampleFileView.java</code>.
 For more information, see the Swing Connection article on the 
 <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/swingdoc-current/file_chooser.html">File Chooser</a>
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<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../javax/swing/JFileChooser.html"><CODE>JFileChooser</CODE></A></DL>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#FileView()">FileView</A></B>()</CODE>

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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getDescription(java.io.File)">getDescription</A></B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A human readable description of the file.</TD>
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<CODE>abstract &nbsp;<A HREF="../../../javax/swing/Icon.html">Icon</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getIcon(java.io.File)">getIcon</A></B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The icon that represents this file in the JFileChooser.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getName(java.io.File)">getName</A></B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The name of the file.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../javax/swing/filechooser/FileView.html#getTypeDescription(java.io.File)">getTypeDescription</A></B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A human readable description of the type of the file.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Whether the directory is traversable or not.</TD>
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FileView</H3>
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public <B>FileView</B>()</PRE>
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public abstract java.lang.String <B>getName</B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</PRE>
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<DD>The name of the file. Normally this would be simply f.getName()</DL>
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getDescription</H3>
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public abstract java.lang.String <B>getDescription</B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</PRE>
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<DD>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"</DL>
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getTypeDescription</H3>
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public abstract java.lang.String <B>getTypeDescription</B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</PRE>
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<DD>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"</DL>
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getIcon</H3>
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public abstract <A HREF="../../../javax/swing/Icon.html">Icon</A> <B>getIcon</B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</PRE>
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<DD>The icon that represents this file in the JFileChooser.</DL>
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public abstract java.lang.Boolean <B>isTraversable</B>(java.io.File&nbsp;f)</PRE>
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<DD>Whether the directory is traversable or not. This might be
 useful, for example, if you want a directory to represent
 a compound document and don't want the user to descend into it.</DL>
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