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  25 
  26 package javax.swing.filechooser;
  27 
  28 import java.io.File;
  29 import javax.swing.*;
  30 
  31 /**
  32  * <code>FileView</code> defines an abstract class that can be implemented
  33  * to provide the filechooser with UI information for a <code>File</code>.
  34  * Each L&F <code>JFileChooserUI</code> object implements this
  35  * class to pass back the correct icons and type descriptions specific to
  36  * that L&F. For example, the Microsoft Windows L&F returns the
  37  * generic Windows icons for directories and generic files.
  38  * Additionally, you may want to provide your own <code>FileView</code> to
  39  * <code>JFileChooser</code> to return different icons or additional
  40  * information using {@link javax.swing.JFileChooser#setFileView}.
  41  *
  42  * <p>
  43  *
  44  * <code>JFileChooser</code> first looks to see if there is a user defined
  45  * <code>FileView</code>, if there is, it gets type information from
  46  * there first. If <code>FileView</code> returns <code>null</code> for
  47  * any method, <code>JFileChooser</code> then uses the L&F specific
  48  * view to get the information.
  49  * So, for example, if you provide a <code>FileView</code> class that
  50  * returns an <code>Icon</code> for JPG files, and returns <code>null</code>
  51  * icons for all other files, the UI's <code>FileView</code> will provide
  52  * default icons for all other files.
  53  *
  54  * <p>
  55  *
  56  * For an example implementation of a simple file view, see
  57  * <code><i>yourJDK</i>/demo/jfc/FileChooserDemo/ExampleFileView.java</code>.
  58  * For more information and examples see
  59  * <a
  60  href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/filechooser.html">How to Use File Choosers</a>,
  61  * a section in <em>The Java Tutorial</em>.
  62  *
  63  * @see javax.swing.JFileChooser
  64  *
  65  * @author Jeff Dinkins
  66  *
  67  */
  68 public abstract class FileView {
  69     /**
  70      * The name of the file. Normally this would be simply
  71      * <code>f.getName()</code>.
  72      */
  73     public String getName(File f) {
  74         return null;
  75     };
  76 
  77     /**
  78      * A human readable description of the file. For example,
  79      * a file named <i>jag.jpg</i> might have a description that read:
  80      * "A JPEG image file of James Gosling's face".
  81      */
  82     public String getDescription(File f) {
  83         return null;
  84     }
  85 
  86     /**
  87      * A human readable description of the type of the file. For
  88      * example, a <code>jpg</code> file might have a type description of:
  89      * "A JPEG Compressed Image File"
  90      */
  91     public String getTypeDescription(File f) {
  92         return null;
  93     }
  94 
  95     /**
  96      * The icon that represents this file in the <code>JFileChooser</code>.
  97      */
  98     public Icon getIcon(File f) {
  99         return null;
 100     }
 101 
 102     /**
 103      * Whether the directory is traversable or not. This might be
 104      * useful, for example, if you want a directory to represent
 105      * a compound document and don't want the user to descend into it.
 106      */
 107     public Boolean isTraversable(File f) {
 108         return null;
 109     }
 110 
 111 }