Help with Java save file dialog

[skytreader]

I'm trying to make a JFileChooser (in its save file dialog incarnation) write to a directory specified by the user. But my efforts are futile and it keeps ending up in the directory where my package is.

Here's my ActionListener:



private JFileChooser SaveDialog = new JFileChooser();

private class ExportLogListener implements ActionListener{
JTextArea TargetOutput;
Component parent;

public ExportLogListener(JTextArea TargetOutput, Component parent){
this.TargetOutput = TargetOutput;
this.parent = parent;
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
try{
int foo = SaveDialog.showSaveDialog(parent);

if(foo == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION){
String path = SaveDialog.getCurrentDirectory().getName();
System.out.println(path);
String filename = SaveDialog.getSelectedFile().getName();
System.out.println(filename);
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(filename)));
pw.println(TargetOutput.getText());
TargetOutput.write(pw);
pw.close();
System.out.println("PrintWriter closed.");
}
}
catch(IOException ioe){
System.out.println("ioe occurred!");
}
}
}


Any hints?

[r-senior]

getSelectedFile() returns a java.io.File.

From http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html


public String getName()

Returns the name of the file or directory denoted by this abstract
pathname. This is just the last name in the pathname's name
sequence. If the pathname's name sequence is empty, then the empty
string is returned.


Have a look at the absolutePath() method and see if that does the job.

[skytreader]

Have a look at the absolutePath() method and see if that does the job.

Sorry for the very late update but case closed. Though I think that should be getAbsolutePath() ?

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html#getAbsolutePath()

Thanks!