PathMatcher

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The PathMatcher interface defines objects that perform match operations on paths.

• The primary method, matches(Path path), determines if a given path matches the defined pattern.

• FileSystem.getPathMatcher and Files.newDirectoryStream utilize PathMatcher for path-related operations.

public interface PathMatcher

An interface that is implemented by objects that perform match operations on paths.

See Also

• FileSystem.getPathMatcher(String)
• Files.newDirectoryStream(Path, String)

Public Method Summary

abstract boolean

matches(Path path) Tells if given path matches this matcher's pattern.

Public Methods

public abstract boolean matches (Path path)

Tells if given path matches this matcher's pattern.

Parameters

path	the path to match

Returns

• true if, and only if, the path matches this matcher's pattern