René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Implement an input widget for URIs","articleBody":"Such URIs *might* be a file path (with implicit `file://` prefix), so the Browse button is still useful. But when a non-file URI such as `https://...` or `s3://...` is given, it should not mangle it into a `java.io.File`.\r\n\r\nA `URIWidget` interface in SciJava Common is straightforward; the trickier part is here in scijava-ui-swing, how to get all the same features as the current `FileWidget`, while minimizing copy-pasting of code. I would like to make an abstract `SwingFileEtcWidget` or some such, which still takes a generic parameter for data type, but has the common logic for the Browse button for picking files...","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ctrueden","@type":"Person","name":"ctrueden"},"datePublished":"2024-07-23T15:59:01.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/85/scijava-ui-swing/issues/85"}