Module java.desktop

Package javax.swing.filechooser

Class FileNameExtensionFilter

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter

public final class FileNameExtensionFilter
extends FileFilter

An implementation of FileFilter that filters using a specified set of extensions. The extension for a file is the portion of the file name after the last ".". Files whose name does not contain a "." have no file name extension. File name extension comparisons are case insensitive.

The following example creates a FileNameExtensionFilter that will show jpg files:

 FileFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("JPEG file", "jpg", "jpeg");
 JFileChooser fileChooser = ...;
 fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(filter);
 

Since:

1.6

See Also:

• FileFilter
• JFileChooser.setFileFilter(javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter)
• JFileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter)
• JFileChooser.getFileFilter()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileNameExtensionFilter(String description, String... extensions)	Creates a FileNameExtensionFilter with the specified description and file name extensions.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	accept(File f)	Tests the specified file, returning true if the file is accepted, false otherwise.
String	getDescription()	The description of this filter.
String[]	getExtensions()	Returns the set of file name extensions files are tested against.
String	toString()	Returns a string representation of the FileNameExtensionFilter.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

FileNameExtensionFilter

public FileNameExtensionFilter(String description,
 String... extensions)

Creates a FileNameExtensionFilter with the specified description and file name extensions. The returned FileNameExtensionFilter will accept all directories and any file with a file name extension contained in extensions.

Parameters:

description - textual description for the filter, may be null

extensions - the accepted file name extensions

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if extensions is null, empty, contains null, or contains an empty string

See Also:

• accept(java.io.File)

Method Details

accept

public boolean accept(File f)

Tests the specified file, returning true if the file is accepted, false otherwise. True is returned if the extension matches one of the file name extensions of this FileFilter, or the file is a directory.

Specified by:

accept in class FileFilter

Parameters:

f - the File to test

Returns:

true if the file is to be accepted, false otherwise

getDescription

public String getDescription()

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

Specified by:

getDescription in class FileFilter

Returns:

the description of this filter

See Also:

• FileView.getName(java.io.File)

getExtensions

public String[] getExtensions()

Returns the set of file name extensions files are tested against.

Returns:

the set of file name extensions files are tested against

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the FileNameExtensionFilter. This method is intended to be used for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this FileNameExtensionFilter