Package org.apache.commons.io.filefilter

Class WildcardFilter

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    FileFilter, FilenameFilter, Serializable, IOFileFilter
    @Deprecated
public class WildcardFilter
extends AbstractFileFilter
implements Serializable
    Deprecated.
    Use WildcardFileFilter. Deprecated as this class performs directory filtering which it shouldn't do, but that can't be removed due to compatibility.
    Filters files using the supplied wildcards.

    This filter selects files, but not directories, based on one or more wildcards and using case-sensitive comparison.

    The wildcard matcher uses the characters '?' and '*' to represent a single or multiple wildcard characters. This is the same as often found on Dos/Unix command lines. The extension check is case-sensitive. See FilenameUtils.wildcardMatch(String, String) for more information.

    For example: 

     File dir = new File(".");
 FileFilter fileFilter = new WildcardFilter("*test*.java~*~");
 File[] files = dir.listFiles(fileFilter);
 for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
   System.out.println(files[i]);
 }
    Since:
    1.1
    See Also:
    Serialized Form

    • Constructor Detail

      • WildcardFilter

        public WildcardFilter​(String wildcard)
        Deprecated.
        Construct a new case-sensitive wildcard filter for a single wildcard.
        Parameters:
        wildcard - the wildcard to match
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern is null

      • WildcardFilter

        public WildcardFilter​(String... wildcards)
        Deprecated.
        Construct a new case-sensitive wildcard filter for an array of wildcards.
        Parameters:
        wildcards - the array of wildcards to match
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern array is null

      • WildcardFilter

        public WildcardFilter​(List<String> wildcards)
        Deprecated.
        Construct a new case-sensitive wildcard filter for a list of wildcards.
        Parameters:
        wildcards - the list of wildcards to match
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern list is null
        ClassCastException - if the list does not contain Strings

    • Method Detail

      • accept

        public boolean accept​(File dir,
                      String name)
        Deprecated.
        Checks to see if the file name matches one of the wildcards.
        Specified by:
        accept in interface FilenameFilter
        Specified by:
        accept in interface IOFileFilter
        Overrides:
        accept in class AbstractFileFilter
        Parameters:
        dir - the file directory
        name - the file name
        Returns:
        true if the file name matches one of the wildcards

      • accept

        public boolean accept​(File file)
        Deprecated.
        Checks to see if the file name matches one of the wildcards.
        Specified by:
        accept in interface FileFilter
        Specified by:
        accept in interface IOFileFilter
        Overrides:
        accept in class AbstractFileFilter
        Parameters:
        file - the file to check
        Returns:
        true if the file name matches one of the wildcards