org.apache.commons.io.filefilter

Class RegexFileFilter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.AbstractFileFilter

org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.RegexFileFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.FileFilter, java.io.FilenameFilter, java.io.Serializable, java.nio.file.FileVisitor<java.nio.file.Path>, PathFilter, PathVisitor, IOFileFilter

public class RegexFileFilter
extends AbstractFileFilter
implements java.io.Serializable

Filters files using supplied regular expression(s).

See java.util.regex.Pattern for regex matching rules.

Using Classic IO

e.g.

 File dir = FileUtils.current();
 FileFilter fileFilter = new RegexFileFilter("^.*[tT]est(-\\d+)?\\.java$");
 File[] files = dir.listFiles(fileFilter);
 for (String file : files) {
     System.out.println(file);
 }
 

Using NIO

 final Path dir = PathUtils.current();
 final AccumulatorPathVisitor visitor = AccumulatorPathVisitor.withLongCounters(new RegexFileFilter("^.*[tT]est(-\\d+)?\\.java$"));
 //
 // Walk one dir
 Files.walkFileTree(dir, Collections.emptySet(), 1, visitor);
 System.out.println(visitor.getPathCounters());
 System.out.println(visitor.getFileList());
 //
 visitor.getPathCounters().reset();
 //
 // Walk dir tree
 Files.walkFileTree(dir, visitor);
 System.out.println(visitor.getPathCounters());
 System.out.println(visitor.getDirList());
 System.out.println(visitor.getFileList());
 

Deprecating Serialization

Serialization is deprecated and will be removed in 3.0.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.IOFileFilter

EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RegexFileFilter(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern) Constructs a new regular expression filter for a compiled regular expression
RegexFileFilter(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, java.util.function.Function<java.nio.file.Path,java.lang.String> pathToString) Constructs a new regular expression filter for a compiled regular expression
RegexFileFilter(java.lang.String pattern) Constructs a new regular expression filter.
RegexFileFilter(java.lang.String pattern, int flags) Constructs a new regular expression filter with the specified flags.
RegexFileFilter(java.lang.String pattern, IOCase ioCase) Constructs a new regular expression filter with the specified flags case sensitivity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(java.io.File dir, java.lang.String name) Checks to see if the file name matches one of the regular expressions.
java.nio.file.FileVisitResult	accept(java.nio.file.Path path, java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes attributes) Checks to see if the file name matches one of the regular expressions.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a debug string.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.AbstractFileFilter

accept, postVisitDirectory, preVisitDirectory, visitFile, visitFileFailed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.IOFileFilter

and, negate, or

Constructor Detail

RegexFileFilter

public RegexFileFilter(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern)

Constructs a new regular expression filter for a compiled regular expression

Parameters:

pattern - regular expression to match.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the pattern is null.

RegexFileFilter

public RegexFileFilter(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern,
                       java.util.function.Function<java.nio.file.Path,java.lang.String> pathToString)

Constructs a new regular expression filter for a compiled regular expression

Parameters:

pattern - regular expression to match.

pathToString - How convert a path to a string.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the pattern is null.

Since:

2.10.0

RegexFileFilter

public RegexFileFilter(java.lang.String pattern)

Constructs a new regular expression filter.

Parameters:

pattern - regular string expression to match

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the pattern is null

RegexFileFilter

public RegexFileFilter(java.lang.String pattern,
                       int flags)

Constructs a new regular expression filter with the specified flags.

Parameters:

pattern - regular string expression to match

flags - pattern flags - e.g. Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern is null

RegexFileFilter

public RegexFileFilter(java.lang.String pattern,
                       IOCase ioCase)

Constructs a new regular expression filter with the specified flags case sensitivity.

Parameters:

pattern - regular string expression to match

ioCase - how to handle case sensitivity, null means case-sensitive

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern is null

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(java.io.File dir,
                      java.lang.String name)

Checks to see if the file name matches one of the regular expressions.

Specified by:

accept in interface java.io.FilenameFilter

Specified by:

accept in interface IOFileFilter

Overrides:

accept in class AbstractFileFilter

Parameters:

dir - the file directory (ignored)

name - the file name

Returns:

true if the file name matches one of the regular expressions

accept

public java.nio.file.FileVisitResult accept(java.nio.file.Path path,
                                            java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes attributes)

Checks to see if the file name matches one of the regular expressions.

Specified by:

accept in interface PathFilter

Specified by:

accept in interface IOFileFilter

Parameters:

path - the path

attributes - the path attributes

Returns:

true if the file name matches one of the regular expressions

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a debug string.

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractFileFilter

Returns:

a String representation

Since:

2.10.0