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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