FilenameFilter JDK 1.6)

java.io. FilenameFilter View Source

Author(s)

Arthur van Hoff
Jonathan Payne

Since

JDK1.0

Version

1.24, 11/17/05

Serial

Hierarchy

FilenameFilter

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Description

public interface FilenameFilter

Instances of classes that implement this interface are used to filter filenames.

Instances of classes that implement this interface are used to
filter filenames. These instances are used to filter directory
listings in the list method of class
File, and by the Abstract Window Toolkit's file
dialog component.

See also: FileDialog.setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter) File File.list(java.io.FilenameFilter)

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public boolean accept (File dir, String name)

Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list.

Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list.
Returns: true if and only if the name should be included in the file list; false otherwise.
Parameters:
- dir - the directory in which the file was found.
- name - the name of the file.

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