javax.jnlp
Interface ExtendedService

public interface ExtendedService

ExtendedService provides additional support to the current JNLP API, which allow applications to open a specific file in the client's file system.

Since:

1.5

Method Summary

FileContents	openFile(java.io.File file) Asks the user the permission to open the specified file if the file has not been opened before.
FileContents[]	openFiles(java.io.File[] files) Asks the user the permission to open the specified list of files if any of the files has not been opened before.

Method Detail

openFile

FileContents openFile(java.io.File file)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Asks the user the permission to open the specified file if the file has not been opened before. The contents of the file is returned as a FileContents object. The returned FileContents object contains the contents the file.

Parameters:

file - the file object

Returns:

A FileContent object with information about the opened file

Throws:

java.io.IOException - - if there is any I/O error

openFiles

FileContents[] openFiles(java.io.File[] files)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Asks the user the permission to open the specified list of files if any of the files has not been opened before. The contents of each file is returned as a FileContents object in the FileContents array. The returned FileContents object contains the contents the file.

Parameters:

files - the array of files

Returns:

A FileContent[] object with information about each opened file

Throws:

java.io.IOException - - if there is any I/O error