net.sf.japi.util.filter.file
Class RegexFileFilter

java.lang.Object
  javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter
      net.sf.japi.util.filter.file.AbstractFileFilter
          net.sf.japi.util.filter.file.RegexFileFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

FileFilter, Filter<File>

Direct Known Subclasses:

GlobFileFilter

public class RegexFileFilter
extends AbstractFileFilter

A FileFilter implementation that matches against a regular expression.

Author:

Christian Hujer

See Also:

Pattern

Todo:

allow setting the description

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface net.sf.japi.util.filter.Filter

Filter.Factory

Constructor Summary

RegexFileFilter(Pattern... patterns)
Create a RegexFileFilter.

RegexFileFilter(String... patterns)
Create a RegexFileFilter.

Method Summary

boolean	accept(File pathname) Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.
String	getDescription() The description of this filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexFileFilter

public RegexFileFilter(String... patterns)

Create a RegexFileFilter.

Parameters:

patterns - String of Pattern to match against

Notes:

The patterns is verified using Matcher.matches(), which means the whole filename (but excluding path) is matched.

RegexFileFilter

public RegexFileFilter(Pattern... patterns)

Create a RegexFileFilter.

Parameters:

patterns - Patterns to match against

Notes:

The pattern is verified using Matcher.matches(), which means the whole filename (but excluding path) is matched.

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(File pathname)

Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.

Specified by:

accept in interface FileFilter

Specified by:

accept in interface Filter<File>

Specified by:

accept in class FileFilter

Parameters:

pathname - The abstract pathname to be tested

Returns:

true if and only if pathname should be included

getDescription

public String getDescription()

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

Specified by:

getDescription in class FileFilter

See Also:

FileView.getName(java.io.File)