java.io

public Interface FilenameFilter

Annotations

@SuppressWarnings:doclint:reference
@FunctionalInterface

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.

Authors: Arthur van Hoff, Jonathan Payne
Since: 1.0
See Also: java.desktop/java.awt.FileDialog#setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter), java.io.File, java.io.File#list(java.io.FilenameFilter)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public boolean	Returns: `true` if and only if the name should be included in the file list; `false` otherwise. accept(File the directory in which the file was found. dir, String the name of the file. name) Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list.

Method Detail

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public boolean accept(File dir, String name) Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list. Parameters dir:File the directory in which the file was found. name:String the name of the file. Returns:boolean `true` if and only if the name should be included in the file list; `false` otherwise.

public boolean accept(File dir, String name)

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

Parameters

dir:File: the directory in which the file was found.
name:String: the name of the file.

Returns:boolean

true if and only if the name should be included in the file list; false otherwise.