java.io

Interface FilenameFilter

public interface FilenameFilter

This interface has one method which is used for filtering filenames returned in a directory listing. It is currently used by the File.list(FilenameFilter) method and by the filename dialog in AWT.

The method in this interface determines if a particular file should or should not be included in the file listing.

Author:

Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com), Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)

See Also:

File#listFiles(java.io.FilenameFilter), FileDialog.setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(File dir, String name) This method determines whether or not a given file should be included in a directory listing.

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(File dir,
               String name)

This method determines whether or not a given file should be included in a directory listing.

Parameters:

dir - The File instance for the directory being read

name - The name of the file to test

Returns:

true if the file should be included in the list, false otherwise.