# Package javax.swing.filechooser

package javax.swing.filechooser
Contains classes and interfaces used by the `JFileChooser` component.

Note: Most of the Swing API is not thread safe. For details, see Concurrency in Swing, a section in The Java Tutorial.

## Related Documentation

This document forms the complete API specification. For overviews, tutorials, examples, guides, and tool documentation, please see:

- How to Use File Choosers, a section in The Java Tutorial
- Internationalization Overview
- Input Method Framework Overview

Since:
  1.2

Related Packages
Package
Description
javax.swing
Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
Classes
Class
Description
FileFilter
`FileFilter` is an abstract class used by `JFileChooser` for filtering the set of files shown to the user.
FileNameExtensionFilter
An implementation of `FileFilter` that filters using a specified set of extensions.
FileSystemView
FileSystemView is JFileChooser's gateway to the file system.
FileView
`FileView` defines an abstract class that can be implemented to provide the filechooser with UI information for a `File`.