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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description: 
+*
+*/
+
+package com.nokia.cpp.internal.api.utils.ui;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.DirectoryDialog;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.FileDialog;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;
+
+/**
+ * Utilities to make it easier to use file dialogs.
+ */
+public class BrowseDialogUtils {
+	/**
+	 * When issuing a "Browse..." command next to a text entry field, initialize
+	 * the dialog with the existing path in that text field.
+	 * @param dialog
+	 * @param textEntry
+	 */
+	public static void initializeFrom(FileDialog dialog, Text textEntry) {
+		if (textEntry == null)
+			return;
+		String existing = textEntry.getText();
+		initializeFrom(dialog, existing);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * When issuing a "Browse..." command with an expected path, initialize
+	 * the dialog with the existing path.
+	 * @param dialog
+	 * @param path
+	 */
+	public static void initializeFrom(FileDialog dialog, IPath path) {
+		if (path != null) {
+			initializeFrom(dialog, path.toOSString());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * When issuing a "Browse..." command with an expected path, initialize
+	 * the dialog with the existing path.
+	 * @param dialog
+	 * @param path
+	 */
+	public static void initializeFrom(FileDialog dialog, String path) {
+		if (path != null && path.length() > 0) {
+			File file = new File(path);
+			if (file.exists()) {
+				if (file.isAbsolute()) {
+					dialog.setFilterPath(file.getParent());
+				}
+				dialog.setFileName(file.getName());
+			} else {
+				if (!file.isAbsolute())
+					return;
+				File dir = file.getParentFile();
+				while (dir != null && !dir.exists()) {
+					dir = dir.getParentFile();
+				}
+				if (dir != null) {
+					dialog.setFilterPath(dir.getAbsolutePath());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * When issuing a "Browse..." command next to a text entry field, initialize
+	 * the dialog with the existing path in that text field.
+	 * @param dialog
+	 * @param textEntry
+	 */
+	public static void initializeFrom(DirectoryDialog dialog, Text textEntry) {
+		if (textEntry == null)
+			return;
+		String existing = textEntry.getText();
+		initializeFrom(dialog, existing);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * When issuing a "Browse..." command with an expected path, initialize
+	 * the dialog with the existing path.
+	 * @param dialog
+	 * @param path
+	 */
+	public static void initializeFrom(DirectoryDialog dialog, IPath path) {
+		if (path != null) {
+			initializeFrom(dialog, path.toOSString());
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * When issuing a "Browse..." command with an expected path, initialize
+	 * the dialog with the existing path.
+	 * @param dialog
+	 * @param path
+	 */
+	public static void initializeFrom(DirectoryDialog dialog, String path) {
+		if (path != null && path.length() > 0) {
+			File file = new File(path);
+			if (!file.isAbsolute())
+				return;
+			while (file != null && !file.exists()) {
+				file = file.getParentFile();
+			}
+			if (file != null) {
+				dialog.setFilterPath(file.getAbsolutePath());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}