FileOpenerService (jEdit API Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- org.jedit.core.FileOpenerService

```
public abstract class FileOpenerService
extends java.lang.Object
```
File Opener Service. FastOpen 2.5 and SmartOpen 1.1 offer this as a service to other plugins such as ErrorList 2.0 that can use it to open files when, for example, the error message only provides a filename and not an absolute path. A response to SF.net ticket #3481157

Since:

jEdit 5.0pre1

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

FileOpenerService()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`open(java.lang.String fileName, View view)`	Searches available FileOpenerServices and uses the first, or the preferred one based on the "fileopener.service" property.
`abstract void`	`openFile(java.lang.String fileName, View view)`	Opens a file in jEdit, given only a filename and no path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FileOpenerService
```
public FileOpenerService()
```
- Method Detail
  - openFile
```
public abstract void openFile(java.lang.String fileName,
                              View view)
```
    Opens a file in jEdit, given only a filename and no path. May cause a dialog to popup asking the user for a choice.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileName - the file name to search for
    
    view - the parent View
  - open
```
public static void open(java.lang.String fileName,
                        View view)
```
    Searches available FileOpenerServices and uses the first, or the preferred one based on the "fileopener.service" property. You can set a preferred FileOpener from the Console beanshell like this:
    jEdit.setProperty("fileopener.service", "FastOpen"); // or "SmartOpen"
    This setting is ignored if there is only one FileOpenerService available.
    Parameters:
    
    fileName - the file name to search for
    
    view - the parent View