javax.swing.filechooser
Class FileFilter

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicFileChooserUI.AcceptAllFileFilter, BasicFileChooserUI.GlobFilter

public abstract class FileFilter

extends Object

FileFilter is an abstract class that has no default implementation. A FileFilter, once implemented, 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 yourSDK/demo/jfc/FileChooserDemo/ExampleFileFilter.java. For more information and examples see How to Use File Choosers, a section in The Java Tutorial.

Author:

Jeff Dinkins

See Also:

JFileChooser.setFileFilter(javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter), JFileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter)

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.

getDescription

public abstract String getDescription()

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

See Also:

FileView.getName(java.io.File)