1 /* 2 * Copyright (c) 1994, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 4 * 5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as 7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this 8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided 9 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. 10 * 11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 15 * accompanied this code). 16 * 17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 20 * 21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 23 * questions. 24 */ 25 26 package java.io; 27 28 /** 29 * Instances of classes that implement this interface are used to 30 * filter filenames. These instances are used to filter directory 31 * listings in the <code>list</code> method of class 32 * <code>File</code>, and by the Abstract Window Toolkit's file 33 * dialog component. 34 * 35 * @author Arthur van Hoff 36 * @author Jonathan Payne 37 * @see java.awt.FileDialog#setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter) 38 * @see java.io.File 39 * @see java.io.File#list(java.io.FilenameFilter) 40 * @since JDK1.0 41 */ 42 @FunctionalInterface 43 public interface FilenameFilter { 44 /** 45 * Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list. 46 * 47 * @param dir the directory in which the file was found. 48 * @param name the name of the file. 49 * @return <code>true</code> if and only if the name should be 50 * included in the file list; <code>false</code> otherwise. 51 */ accept(File dir, String name)52 boolean accept(File dir, String name); 53 } 54