org.apache.commons.io.filefilter
Class AbstractFileFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.AbstractFileFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.FileFilter, java.io.FilenameFilter, IOFileFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:

AgeFileFilter, AndFileFilter, CanReadFileFilter, CanWriteFileFilter, DelegateFileFilter, DirectoryFileFilter, EmptyFileFilter, FileFileFilter, HiddenFileFilter, NameFileFilter, NotFileFilter, OrFileFilter, PrefixFileFilter, RegexFileFilter, SizeFileFilter, SuffixFileFilter, WildcardFileFilter, WildcardFilter

public abstract class AbstractFileFilter
extends java.lang.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:

Commons IO 1.0

Version:

$Revision: 539231 $ $Date: 2007-05-18 04:10:33 +0100 (Fri, 18 May 2007) $

Author:

Stephen Colebourne

Constructor Summary

AbstractFileFilter()

Method Summary

boolean	accept(java.io.File file) Checks to see if the File should be accepted by this filter.
boolean	accept(java.io.File dir, java.lang.String name) Checks to see if the File should be accepted by this filter.
java.lang.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(java.io.File file)

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

Specified by:

accept in interface java.io.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(java.io.File dir,
                      java.lang.String name)

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

Specified by:

accept in interface java.io.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 java.lang.String toString()

Provide a String representaion of this file filter.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String representaion