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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.

Method Summary
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

public 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.