1. /*

  2.  * @(#)FilenameFilter.java	1.23 03/12/19

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

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

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.io;

  9. 

  10. /**

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

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

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

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

  15.  * dialog component.

  16.  *

  17.  * @author  Arthur van Hoff

  18.  * @author  Jonathan Payne

  19.  * @version 1.23, 12/19/03

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

  21.  * @see     java.io.File

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

  23.  * @since   JDK1.0

  24.  */

  25. public

  26. interface FilenameFilter {

  27.     /**

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

  29.      *

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

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

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

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

  34.      */

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

  36. }