Interface: 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.
Authors:
@author Arthur van Hoff
@author Jonathan Payne
See:
@see java.awt.FileDialog.setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter)
@see java.io.File
@see java.io.File.list(java.io.FilenameFilter)
Since:
@since JDK1.0

Methods

  • accepttop

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