PathEditor component for editing CLASSPATH or PATH

Here is a simple PathEditor component that can be used to edit classpath-like structures i.e. Java CLASSPATH or PATH environment variable.

The label shows the name of the path being edited. The list shows the entries - one entry per row.

Usage

Actions:

• Delete - delete the selected entries
• Clear - delete all entries
• Move up - move slected entry up
• Move down - move selected entry down
• Copy - copy the current path to system clipboard
• View - view the current path (allows copying). The path is shown in a textarea in a dialog. The text is preselected text for easy copying.
• Edit - copy the selected entries from the list to the textfield for editing. Replace action can be used to replace the edited entries.
  • Double clicking on the list copies the selected entry to the textfield
• Replace - Replace selected entries with entries in the text field.
• Add - add new entries to the end of the list or after the last selected entry (if any)
  • Typing ENTER in the textfield adds the entries in the text field
• Select - browse and select entries using file chooser

Toolbar (hidden at the bottom of split pane). This is an advanced usage.

• : - use : as the path separator
• ; - use ; as the path separator

To Run

Simply download the PathEditor.jar and execute:

> java -jar PathEditor.jar

Programatic Usage

PathEditor pe = new PathEditor();

PathEditor pe = new PathEditor("CLASSPATH", "c:\lib\classes;");

PathEditor pe = new PathEditor("PATH", "c:\bin;c:\usr\bin", PathEditor.PATH_TYPE.PATH);

// show it in some UI

String classpath = pe.getClassPath();

To Hack

PathEditor Netbeans Project

TODO

• Drag and Drop editing
• I18N
• Publish JavaDoc
• java.net project

DISCLAIMER: This code is experimental. So no guarantees. Use the code at your own risk.