How to convert path of a file into string?

joshuahodge

I'm working on a media player and implementing drag and drop capability. The problem is that when I drag and drop the file into the space, it will print out the path, but I'm having trouble finding a way to convert the path into a string, so I can use it to load the next song into the media player.

import com.temboo.core.*;
import com.temboo.Library.LastFm.Artist.*;
import drop.*;
import ddf.minim.*;
import ddf.minim.ugens.*;
import ddf.minim.analysis.*;
import ddf.minim.spi.*;

SDrop drop;
MyDropListener listen;
TembooSession session = new TembooSession("joshuahodge", "myFirstApp", "apiKey");
Minim minim;

AudioPlayer song;
Button button;
AudioMetaData meta;
FFT fft;
LastFM lastFM;

float n;
float t;
String fileName = "/Users/djatwar/Desktop/Base On- UTube (Adam Baum Remix) FINAL MASTER.wav";

void setup() {

  size (800, 800);
   drop = new SDrop (this);
  listen = new MyDropListener();
  drop.addDropListener (listen);
  button = new Button ();
  minim = new Minim (this);
  song = minim.loadFile(fileName, 1024);
  meta = song.getMetaData();
  lastFM = new LastFM();

  //create fft with a time domain buffer the same as the player sample buffer
  fft = new FFT (song.bufferSize(), song.sampleRate());
}

void draw() {
  background(255);
  listen.draw();
  lastFM.search();
  lastFM.displayBio();
  button.drawButton(10, 10);
  button.metaData();
  button.bioBox();
  fft.forward (song.mix);
  int [] frame = new int [fft.specSize()];

  for (int i = 0; i < fft.specSize(); i++) {
    strokeWeight(10);
    line(i, height, i, height - fft.getBand(i));
  }
}

void keyPressed(){
  lastFM.keyPressed();
}

void mousePressed() {
  button.mousePressed();
  lastFM.mousePressed();
}

void dropEvent (DropEvent theDropEvent){
  if (theDropEvent.isFile()){
    File myFile = theDropEvent.file();
    println(theDropEvent.file());  
  }
}

When I println I get the path in the console but how can I get that as a string? I tried loadStrings() but it doesn't recognize as I have a file.

Thanks for any help.

GoToLoop

http://docs.Oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/File.html

joshuahodge

Thanks that's perfect. Learned a lot