de.jstacs.io

Class RegExFilenameFilter

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

de.jstacs.io.RegExFilenameFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

FileFilter, FilenameFilter

public class RegExFilenameFilter
extends FileFilter
implements FileFilter, FilenameFilter

A simple filter on Files that accepts Files with a specific regular expression in the filename.

Author:

Jens Keilwagen

See Also:

String.matches(String), Pattern

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	RegExFilenameFilter.Directory A switch to decide whether the results of a RegExFilenameFilter are forbidden, allowed or required to be a directory.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RegExFilenameFilter(String desc, RegExFilenameFilter.Directory dir, boolean ignoreCase, String... regex) Creates a new RegExFilenameFilter with given regular expressions regex to be found in the file name of the Files to be filtered.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(File arg0)
boolean	accept(File dir, String name)
String	getDescription()
String	getRegEx() Returns a representation of all used regular expressions.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegExFilenameFilter

public RegExFilenameFilter(String desc,
                   RegExFilenameFilter.Directory dir,
                   boolean ignoreCase,
                   String... regex)

Creates a new RegExFilenameFilter with given regular expressions regex to be found in the file name of the Files to be filtered.

Parameters:

desc - the description of the filter, e.g. "text-files (*.txt)"

dir - a switch whether the results are forbidden, allowed or required to be a directory

ignoreCase - indicates whether to ignore the case of the file names or not

regex - an array of regular expressions; at least one regular expression has to match the file name

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(File arg0)

Specified by:

accept in interface FileFilter

Specified by:

accept in class FileFilter

accept

public boolean accept(File dir,
             String name)

Specified by:

accept in interface FilenameFilter

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Specified by:

getDescription in class FileFilter

getRegEx

public String getRegEx()

Returns a representation of all used regular expressions.

Returns:

a representation of all used regular expressions

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object