Module java.base

Package java.io

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