Package org.apache.commons.io.filefilter

Class AbstractFileFilter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.AbstractFileFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

FileFilter, FilenameFilter, IOFileFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:

DirectoryFileFilter, FileFileFilter, NameFileFilter

public abstract class AbstractFileFilter
extends Object
implements IOFileFilter

An abstract class which implements the Java FileFilter and FilenameFilter interfaces via the IOFileFilter interface.

Note that a subclass must override one of the accept methods, otherwise your class will infinitely loop.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Id: AbstractFileFilter.java 1304052 2012-03-22 20:55:29Z ggregory $

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractFileFilter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	accept(File file)	Checks to see if the File should be accepted by this filter.
boolean	accept(File dir, String name)	Checks to see if the File should be accepted by this filter.
String	toString()	Provide a String representaion of this file filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractFileFilter

public AbstractFileFilter()

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(File file)

Checks to see if the File should be accepted by this filter.

Specified by:

accept in interface FileFilter

Specified by:

accept in interface IOFileFilter

Parameters:

file - the File to check

Returns:

true if this file matches the test

accept

public boolean accept(File dir,
                      String name)

Checks to see if the File should be accepted by this filter.

Specified by:

accept in interface FilenameFilter

Specified by:

accept in interface IOFileFilter

Parameters:

dir - the directory File to check

name - the filename within the directory to check

Returns:

true if this file matches the test

toString

public String toString()

Provide a String representaion of this file filter.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a String representaion