Interface FileFilter

Functional Interface:
This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
@FunctionalInterface public interface FileFilter
A filter for abstract pathnames.

Instances of this interface may be passed to the listFiles(FileFilter) method of the File class.

Since:
1.2

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method Description
boolean accept(File pathname)
Tests whether or not the specified abstract pathname should be included in a pathname list.

Method Details

accept

boolean accept(File pathname)
Tests whether or not the specified abstract pathname should be included in a pathname list.
Parameters:
pathname - The abstract pathname to be tested
Returns:
true if and only if pathname should be included

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