xdev.ui

Class XdevFileFilter

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

xdev.ui.XdevFileFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ImageFileFilter

public class XdevFileFilter
extends FileFilter

Clone of FileNameExtensionFilter, but this filter works with extensions which includes a dot '.' .

Author:

XDEV Software Corp.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XdevFileFilter(String description, String... extensions) Creates a XdevFileFilter with the specified description and file name extensions.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(File f) Tests the specified file, returning true if the file is accepted, false otherwise.
File	ensureFileEndsWithExtension(File file) Ensures that the file's name ends with a extension of this filter.
String	getDescription() The description of this filter.
String[]	getExtensions() Returns the set of file name extensions files are tested against.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XdevFileFilter

public XdevFileFilter(String description,
                      String... extensions)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Creates a XdevFileFilter with the specified description and file name extensions. The returned XdevFileFilter will accept all directories and any file with a file name extension contained in extensions.

Parameters:

description - textual description for the filter, may be null

extensions - the accepted file name extensions without a leading dot, e.g. "zip" not ".zip"

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if extensions is null, empty, contains null, or contains an empty string

See Also:

accept(java.io.File)

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(File f)

Tests the specified file, returning true if the file is accepted, false otherwise. True is returned if the extension matches one of the file name extensions of this FileFilter, or the file is a directory.

Specified by:

accept in class FileFilter

Parameters:

f - the File to test

Returns:

true if the file is to be accepted, false otherwise

getDescription

public String getDescription()

The description of this filter. For example: "JPG and GIF Images."

Specified by:

getDescription in class FileFilter

Returns:

the description of this filter

getExtensions

public String[] getExtensions()

Returns the set of file name extensions files are tested against.

Returns:

the set of file name extensions files are tested against

ensureFileEndsWithExtension

public File ensureFileEndsWithExtension(File file)

Ensures that the file's name ends with a extension of this filter.

Parameters:

file -

Returns:

the file with the optional corrected path