Hi,
I am trying to move files from a compressed archive to the native system (basycally, windows' eplorer) through drag and drop operations.
My only idea at this moment is to create a TransferHandler, which, when launched, will decompress the file in a temporary directory and set up that file as Transferable. Here is a snippet of code to make myself more clear:
private class FileTransferHandler extends TransferHandler {
protected Transferable createTransferable(JComponent c) {
List<File> files = new ArrayList<File>();
try {
File temp = createTempDirectory();
String path = temp.getAbsolutePath();
decompressTo(path);
files.add(new File(path));
} catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); };
return new FileTransferable(files);
}
public int getSourceActions(JComponent c) {
return COPY;
}
}
private class FileTransferable implements Transferable {
private List<File> files;
public FileTransferable(List<File> files) {
this.files = files;
}
public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors() {
return new DataFlavor[]{ DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor };
}
public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) {
return flavor.equals(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor);
}
public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException {
if (!isDataFlavorSupported(flavor)) {
throw new UnsupportedFlavorException(flavor);
}
return files;
}
}
(not valid anymore: The thing that puzzles me is that this way it somehow works: but only if after I release the mouse button I am not doing anything else.)
update: After more testing I observed that actually the file data is transferred from the temp directory to destination after I click in a zone that accepts that DataFlavor. If I click in a folder, the temp files are transferred to that folder. If I click in the console window, the path to the temp file appears in the console window.
So, if you please, I would like some pointers to direct me in the right way.
p.s.: the idea with decompressing to temp folder first came after observing that WinRar is doing the same thing.
p.p.s.: sorry if the question seems stupid, but I am mostly a web programmer just dabbling in desktop programming.