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class:FileFilter [NONE]

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicFileChooserUI.AcceptAllFileFilter, FileNameExtensionFilter
```
public abstract class FileFilter
extends Object
```
FileFilter is an abstract class used by JFileChooser for filtering the set of files shown to the user. See FileNameExtensionFilter for an implementation that filters using the file name extension.
A FileFilter can be set on a JFileChooser to keep unwanted files from appearing in the directory listing. For an example implementation of a simple file filter, see yourJDK/demo/jfc/FileChooserDemo/ExampleFileFilter.java. For more information and examples see How to Use File Choosers , a section in The Java Tutorial .

See Also:

FileNameExtensionFilter, JFileChooser.setFileFilter(javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter), JFileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter)

constructor:<init>() [NONE]

FileFilter
```
public FileFilter()
```

method:accept(java.io.File) [NONE]

accept
```
public abstract boolean accept(File f)
```
Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.

Parameters:

f - the File to test

Returns:

true if the file is to be accepted

method:getDescription() [NONE]

getDescription
```
public abstract String getDescription()
```
The description of this filter. For example: "JPG and GIF Images"

Returns:

the description of this filter

See Also:

FileView.getName(java.io.File)

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