1. /*

  2.  * @(#)FileFilter.java	1.8 01/11/29

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package javax.swing.filechooser;

  9. 

  10. import java.io.File;

  11. 

  12. /**

  13.  * FileFilter is an abstract class that has no default implemention.

  14.  * A FileFilter, once implemented, can be set on a JFileChooser to

  15.  * keep unwanted files from appearing in the directory listing.

  16.  *

  17.  * A default implementation (ExtensionFileFilter) is currently in the

  18.  * FileChooserDemo directory, and will become a first class swing

  19.  * implementation in Swing 1.0.3.

  20.  *

  21.  * For an example implementation of a simple file filter, see

  22.  * <code><i>yourJDK</i>/demo/jfc/FileChooserDemo/ExampleFileFilter.java</code>.

  23.  * For more information, see the Swing Connection article on the 

  24.  * <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/swingdoc-current/file_chooser.html">File Chooser</a>

  25.  *

  26.  * @see javax.swing.JFileChooser#setFileFilter

  27.  * @see javax.swing.JFileChooser#addChoosableFileFilter

  28.  *

  29.  * @version 1.8 11/29/01

  30.  * @author Jeff Dinkins

  31.  */

  32. public abstract class FileFilter {

  33.     /**

  34.      * Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.

  35.      */

  36.     public abstract boolean accept(File f);

  37. 

  38.     /**

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

  40.      * @see FileView#getName

  41.      */

  42.     public abstract String getDescription();

  43. }