DirectoryStream.Filter
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An interface that is implemented by objects that decide if a directory
entry should be accepted or filtered. A Filter is passed as the
parameter to the Files.newDirectoryStream(Path, DirectoryStream.Filter)
method when opening a directory to iterate over the entries in the
directory.
Public Method Summary
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abstract
boolean
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accept(T entry)
Decides if the given directory entry should be accepted or filtered.
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Public Methods
public
abstract
boolean
accept
(T entry)
Decides if the given directory entry should be accepted or filtered.
Parameters
| entry |
the directory entry to be tested |
Returns
true if the directory entry should be accepted
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Last updated 2024-07-10 UTC.
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