FileFilter

public interface FileFilter

java.io.FileFilter

A filter for abstract pathnames.

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

Summary

Public methods
`abstract boolean`	`accept(File pathname)` Tests whether or not the specified abstract pathname should be included in a pathname list.

Public methods

accept

Added in API level 1

 public abstract boolean accept (File pathname)

Tests whether or not the specified abstract pathname should be included in a pathname list.

Parameters
`pathname`	`File`: The abstract pathname to be tested

Returns
`boolean`	`true` if and only if `pathname` should be included

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