Package VASSAL.tools.filechooser

Class FileFilter

java.lang.Object

javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter

VASSAL.tools.filechooser.FileFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

FilenameFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:

DirectoryFileFilter, ExtensionFileFilter

public abstract class FileFilter
extends FileFilter
implements FilenameFilter

The file filter abstract base class for {link VASSAL.tools.FileChooser}. This class joins together the FileFilter class and the {link java.awt.FilenameFilter} interface so that a uniform file chooser may be used with {link VASSAL.tools.FileChooser}, regardless of the actual (i.e., naive or Swing) file chooser displayed.

Author:

uckelman

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileFilter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract boolean	accept(File f)	The accept test used by Swing file choosers.
boolean	accept(File dir, String name)	The accept test used by AWT file choosers.
abstract String	getDescription()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

FileFilter

public FileFilter()

Method Details

accept

public abstract boolean accept(File f)

The accept test used by Swing file choosers.

Specified by:

accept in class FileFilter

Returns:

Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.

accept

public boolean accept(File dir,
 String name)

The accept test used by AWT file choosers.

Specified by:

accept in interface FilenameFilter

Returns:

Whether the given file is accepted by this filter.

getDescription

public abstract String getDescription()

Specified by:

getDescription in class FileFilter

Returns:

A description of this filter to be displayed in the file chooser.