How to get absolute path from FileDialog?

Question

I'm creating FileDialog and trying to get a FilePath for FileDialog object.

FileDialog fd = new FileDialog(this, "Open", FileDialog.LOAD); 
fd.setVisible(true);
String path = ?;
File f = new File(path);

In this codes, I need to get a absolute FilePath for using with File object. How can I get filepath in this situation?

Answer 1

You can combine FileDialog.getDirectory() with FileDialog.getFile() to get a full path.

String path = fd.getDirectory() + fd.getFile();
File f = new File(path);

I needed to use the above instead of a call to File.getAbsolutePath() since getAbsolutePath() was returning the path of the current working directory and not the path of the file chosen in the FileDialog.

Answer 2

Check out File.getAbsolutePath():

String path = new File(fd.getFile()).getAbsolutePath();