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Interface FilenameFilter

public  interface  java.io.FilenameFilter
{
        // Methods
    public abstract boolean accept(File  dir, String  name);	
}

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:

File .

Methods

accept

public abstract boolean accept(File  dir, String  name) 

Determines whether a specified file should be included in a file list.

Return Value:

Returns true if name should be included in file list; false otherwise.

Parameter	Description
dir	the directory in which the file was found
name	the name of the file