With what should I replace sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder so I don't get compile warnings?

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I have a method using sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder.get("fileChooserComboBoxFolders"); which I want to replace (or suppress the warning if possible). Can I replace it with anything not Sun properietary so it doesn't throw warnings on some possible removals?

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UPDATE: not sure if the code is needed at all. It's in a legacy code and I was asked to remove all compile warnings. The one particular with the ShellFolder goes the following:

new Thread {
  public void run() {
    ShellFolder.get("fileChooserComboBoxFolders");
  }
}.start();

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UPDATE #2 on why it was needed: JFileChooser is still a bit buggy.

"warning: sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder is Sun proprietary API and may be removed in a future release" — András Hummer, Aug 01 '13 at 12:52

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '13 at 12:59

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The only solution to avoid this warning is not to use sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder.get

answered Aug 01 '13 at 12:59

Paniz

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What can I use instead of it? – András Hummer Aug 01 '13 at 13:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:40

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You can suppress warnings by using @SuppressWarnings("all") before the method you want:

new Thread {
    @SuppressWarnings("all")
    public void run() {
        ShellFolder.get("fileChooserComboBoxFolders"); //No warnings.
    }
}.start();

answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:40

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:48

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AFAIK it fetches the file system root directories (Windows: drive letters) without doing anything with them. This may take a while, hence this might be a speed-up, for the slowness of JFileChooser in older java versions. So remove.

answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:48

Joop Eggen

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With what should I replace sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder so I don't get compile warnings?

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