Get the path of the file selected in the JFileChooser component with Java

To get the path of the selected file, at first get the selected file −

java.io.File f = file.getSelectedFile();

Now, get the path of the selected file which we will get using the above method −

System.err.println(f.getPath());

The following is an example to get the path of the file selected in the JFileChooser component −

Example

package my;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
public class SwingDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      JFileChooser file = new JFileChooser();
      file.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);
      file.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
      file.setFileHidingEnabled(false);
      if (file.showOpenDialog(null) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
         java.io.File f = file.getSelectedFile();
         System.err.println(f.getPath());
      }
   }
}

Output

On clicking “Open” above, the path of the selected file is displayed in the Console −