function [pathname] = uigetdir2(start_path, dialog_title)
% Pick a directory with the Java widgets instead of uigetdir

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

if nargin == 0 || length(start_path) == 0  % Allow a null argument.
    start_path = pwd;
end

jchooser = javaObjectEDT('javax.swing.JFileChooser', start_path);

jchooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
if nargin > 1
    jchooser.setDialogTitle(dialog_title);
end

jchooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);

status = jchooser.showOpenDialog([]);

if status == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION
    jFile = jchooser.getSelectedFiles();
    pathname{size(jFile, 1)}=[];
    for i=1:size(jFile, 1)
        pathname{i} = char(jFile(i).getAbsolutePath);
    end

elseif status == JFileChooser.CANCEL_OPTION
    pathname = [];
else
    error('Error occured while picking file.');
end