Interface DirectoryStream.Filter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the directory entry

Enclosing interface:

DirectoryStream<T>

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public static interface DirectoryStream.Filter<T>

An interface that is implemented by objects that decide if a directory entry should be accepted or filtered. A Filter is passed as the parameter to the Files.newDirectoryStream(Path,DirectoryStream.Filter) method when opening a directory to iterate over the entries in the directory.

Since:

1.7

Methods

accept

boolean accept(T entry)
        throws IOException

Decides if the given directory entry should be accepted or filtered.

Parameters:

entry - the directory entry to be tested

Returns:

true if the directory entry should be accepted

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs