Path Problem..Please help

[yogi ta dev]

Hi,
I have some problem in the path.I am supposed to pick .java files from the src directory..The src directory could be under C:/hw_4/src ,the user should be able to select at runtime..But I am able to pick only the .java files from src directly under C: which is C:/src..The following is the code..I have tried too much but can't come up with a solution..Really appreciate any help..The error that I get is nullpointerexceptio..

package MainPk;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.filechooser.*;
import java.io.File;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileView;
import java.util.*;
import Model.*;

public class TestFrame extends JFrame
{
private String description = " ";
private ArrayList extensions = new ArrayList();
public File[] f1;
public File[] cf1;
ArrayList list;
public File[] f;
public String namepath,newpath,parentdir;
public File name;
private JLabel label;
public JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
public ExtensionFileFilter filter = new ExtensionFileFilter();
String str[];
int count=0;

public TestFrame()
{
setTitle("FileChooser");
setSize(400,400);
JMenuBar menuBar=new JMenuBar();
setJMenuBar(menuBar);
JMenu menu=new JMenu("File");
JMenuItem openItem=new JMenuItem("Open");
menu.add(openItem);
openItem.addActionListener(new FileOpenListener());
JMenuItem exitItem=new JMenuItem("Exit");
menu.add(exitItem);
exitItem.addActionListener(new
ActionListener()
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
System.exit(0);
}
});
label = new JLabel();
Container contentPane = getContentPane();
contentPane.add(label);
fc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
menuBar.add(menu);
}
private class FileOpenListener implements ActionListener
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event)
{
//fc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
ExtensionFileFilter filter = new ExtensionFileFilter();
filter.addExtension("java");
filter.setDescription("Java files");
fc.setFileFilter(filter);
int result = fc.showOpenDialog(TestFrame.this);
if(result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
{
name =fc.getSelectedFile();
String name1=name.getName();
File file=new File(name1);

namepath= name.getAbsolutePath();
cf1=visitAllDirsAndFiles(file);

}
}
}

public File[] visitAllDirsAndFiles(File dir)
{

if (dir.isDirectory())
{
File[] children = dir.listFiles();
list =new ArrayList(100);
for (int i=0;i<children.length; i++)
{
f1 = children[i].listFiles();

for(int j=0;j<f1.length;j++)
{

list.add(f1[j]);

}
}

}
else
dir=dir.getParentFile();
File[] cf=new File[list.size()];
list.toArray(cf);
return cf;

}


class ExtensionFileFilter extends FileFilter
{
public void addExtension(String extension)
{
if(!extension.startsWith("."))
extension = "." + extension;
extensions.add(extension.toLowerCase());
}
public void setDescription(String aDescription)
{
description = aDescription;
}
public String getDescription()
{
return description;
}
public boolean accept(File f)
{
if(f.isDirectory()) return true;
String name=f.getName().toLowerCase();
for(int i=0;i<extensions.size();i++)
if(name.endsWith((String)extensions.get(i)))
return true;
return false;
}
}
}
Thanks,
yogita

[Layne Lund]

Can you copy and paste the exact error message you get? Also, it would help if you can indicate which line in your code causes the error.

Thanks,

Layne

[yogi ta dev]

Hi,
This is the error message java.lang.NullPointerException
and the error is at the following line:115
which is
File[] cf=new File[list.size()];

Thanks,
yogita

[Layne Lund]

You are getting a NullPointerException because list is null, so you cannot call the size method. It looks like you initialize list in an if statement and this line that causes the problem is in the corresponding else. You should probably look closely at the logic you are using in visitAllDirsAndFiles() to find out when list is being initialized. Please let us know what you find and if you need any more help.

Keep Coding! (TM)

Layne

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