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e895. Enabling Multiple Selections in a JFileChooser Dialog

    JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
    
    // Enable multiple selections
    chooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);
    
    // Show the dialog; wait until dialog is closed
    chooser.showOpenDialog(frame);
    
    // Retrieve the selected files. This method returns empty
    // if multiple-selection mode is not enabled.
    File[] files = chooser.getSelectedFiles();