1. /*

  2.  * @(#)FilenameFilter.java	1.20 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1994-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.io;

  12. 

  13. /**

  14.  * Instances of classes that implement this interface are used to

  15.  * filter filenames. These instances are used to filter directory

  16.  * listings in the <code>list</code> method of class

  17.  * <code>File</code>, and by the Abstract Window Toolkit's file

  18.  * dialog component.

  19.  *

  20.  * @author  Arthur van Hoff

  21.  * @author  Jonathan Payne

  22.  * @version 1.20, 02/02/00

  23.  * @see     java.awt.FileDialog#setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter)

  24.  * @see     java.io.File

  25.  * @see     java.io.File#list(java.io.FilenameFilter)

  26.  * @since   JDK1.0

  27.  */

  28. public

  29. interface FilenameFilter {

  30.     /**

  31.      * Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list.

  32.      *

  33.      * @param   dir    the directory in which the file was found.

  34.      * @param   name   the name of the file.

  35.      * @return  <code>true</code> if and only if the name should be

  36.      * included in the file list; <code>false</code> otherwise.

  37.      */

  38.     boolean accept(File dir, String name);

  39. }