To create FileFilter, use the FileNamExtensionFilter class. The following is an example to display File Type in JFileChooser −
import javax.swing.JFileChooser; import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter; public class SwingDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { JFileChooser file = new JFileChooser(); file.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false); FileNameExtensionFilter extFilter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("JPEG file", "jpg", "jpeg"); file.addChoosableFileFilter(extFilter); file.showOpenDialog(null); } }