I am working on a small program that should allow users to view files and directories on networked computers, as well as on the local file system. I made a mistake when developing this component on a computer running Windows ... it worked fine there, but hid the fact that JFileChooser did not actually see "network drives". On Windows, "Network Neighborhood" appears in "JFileChooser." But, apparently, this is not typical, since network drives are not files.
When I added the chooser component to my program and tested it on several Linux machines, I found that I should already know ... JFileChooser is not browsing the network. So now I'm at a crossroads and can really use some tips. Is there a (Java) alternative that I should use? Or should I continue to work with JFileChooser to force it to the behavior I need?
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