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FilenameFilter.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 1146 Fri Aug 26 14:56:58 BST 2005 java.io

FilenameFilter

public interface FilenameFilter

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.

author: Arthur van Hoff
author: Jonathan Payne
version: 1.23, 12/19/03
see: java.awt.FileDialog#setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter)
see: java.io.File
see: java.io.File#list(java.io.FilenameFilter)
since: JDK1.0

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public boolean accept(java.io.File dir, java.lang.String name)
Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list.
param
dir the directory in which the file was found.
param
name the name of the file.
return
true if and only if the name should be included in the file list; false otherwise.