Module java.desktop

Package javax.swing.filechooser

Class FileFilter

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicFileChooserUI.AcceptAllFileFilter, FileNameExtensionFilter

public abstract class FileFilter
extends Object

FileFilter is an abstract class used by JFileChooser for filtering the set of files shown to the user. See FileNameExtensionFilter for an implementation that filters using the file name extension.

A FileFilter 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 yourJDK/demo/jfc/FileChooserDemo/ExampleFileFilter.java. For more information and examples see How to Use File Choosers, a section in The Java Tutorial.

See Also:

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	FileFilter()	Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract boolean	accept(File f)	Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.
abstract String	getDescription()	The description of this filter.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

FileFilter

protected FileFilter()

Constructor for subclasses to call.

Method Details

accept

public abstract boolean accept(File f)

Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.

Parameters:

f - the File to test

Returns:

true if the file is to be accepted

getDescription

public abstract String getDescription()

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

Returns:

the description of this filter

See Also:

• FileView.getName(java.io.File)