FileFilter (Java Platform SE 6)

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javax.swing.filechooser
class FileFilter

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:: BasicFileChooserUI.AcceptAllFileFilter, FileNameExtensionFilter

public abstract class FileFilter
extends Object

FileFilter is an abstract class used by {@code JFileChooser} for filtering the set of files shown to the user. See {@code FileNameExtensionFilter} for an implementation that filters using the file name extension.

A FileFilter can be set on a JFileChooser to keep unwanted files from appearing in the directory listing. For an example implementation of a simple file filter, see yourJDK/demo/jfc/FileChooserDemo/ExampleFileFilter.java. For more information and examples see How to Use File Choosers, a section in The Java Tutorial.

Constructor Summary
`FileFilter()`

Method Summary
`abstract boolean`	`accept(File f)` Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.
`abstract String`	`getDescription()` The description of this filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

FileFilter

public FileFilter()

Method Detail

accept

public abstract boolean accept(File f)

Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.

Parameters:: f

getDescription

public abstract String getDescription()

The description of this filter. For example: "JPG and GIF Images"