org.apache.commons.io.filefilter

Class WildcardFileFilter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.AbstractFileFilter

org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.WildcardFileFilter

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 WildcardFileFilter
extends AbstractFileFilter
implements java.io.Serializable

Filters files using the supplied wildcards.

This filter selects files and directories based on one or more wildcards. Testing is case-sensitive by default, but this can be configured.

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 check is case-sensitive by default. See FilenameUtils.wildcardMatchOnSystem(String,String) for more information.

To build an instance, see WildcardFileFilter.Builder.

For example:

Using Classic IO

 File dir = FileUtils.current();
 FileFilter fileFilter = WildcardFileFilter.builder().setWildcards("*test*.java~*~").get();
 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(
     WildcardFileFilter.builder().setWildcards("*test*.java~*~").get());
 //
 // 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:

1.3

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	WildcardFileFilter.Builder Builds a new WildcardFileFilter instance.

Field Summary

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

EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WildcardFileFilter(java.util.List<java.lang.String> wildcards) Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()
WildcardFileFilter(java.util.List<java.lang.String> wildcards, IOCase ioCase) Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()
WildcardFileFilter(java.lang.String... wildcards) Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()
WildcardFileFilter(java.lang.String wildcard) Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()
WildcardFileFilter(java.lang.String[] wildcards, IOCase ioCase) Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()
WildcardFileFilter(java.lang.String wildcard, IOCase ioCase) Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(java.io.File file) Checks to see if the file name matches one of the wildcards.
boolean	accept(java.io.File dir, java.lang.String name) Checks to see if the file name matches one of the wildcards.
java.nio.file.FileVisitResult	accept(java.nio.file.Path file, java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes attributes) Checks to see if the file name matches one of the wildcards.
static WildcardFileFilter.Builder	builder() Constructs a new WildcardFileFilter.Builder.
java.lang.String	toString() Provide a String representation of this file filter.

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

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

WildcardFileFilter

@Deprecated
public WildcardFileFilter(java.util.List<java.lang.String> wildcards)

Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()

Constructs a new case-sensitive wildcard filter for a list of wildcards.

Parameters:

wildcards - the list of wildcards to match, not null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern list is null

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the list does not contain Strings

WildcardFileFilter

@Deprecated
public WildcardFileFilter(java.util.List<java.lang.String> wildcards,
                                      IOCase ioCase)

Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()

Constructs a new wildcard filter for a list of wildcards specifying case-sensitivity.

Parameters:

wildcards - the list of wildcards to match, not null

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

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern list is null

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the list does not contain Strings

WildcardFileFilter

@Deprecated
public WildcardFileFilter(java.lang.String wildcard)

Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()

Constructs a new case-sensitive wildcard filter for a single wildcard.

Parameters:

wildcard - the wildcard to match

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern is null

WildcardFileFilter

@Deprecated
public WildcardFileFilter(java.lang.String... wildcards)

Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()

Constructs a new case-sensitive wildcard filter for an array of wildcards.

Parameters:

wildcards - the array of wildcards to match

Throws:

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

WildcardFileFilter

@Deprecated
public WildcardFileFilter(java.lang.String wildcard,
                                      IOCase ioCase)

Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()

Constructs a new wildcard filter for a single wildcard specifying case-sensitivity.

Parameters:

wildcard - the wildcard to match, not null

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

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the pattern is null

WildcardFileFilter

@Deprecated
public WildcardFileFilter(java.lang.String[] wildcards,
                                      IOCase ioCase)

Deprecated. Use builder(), WildcardFileFilter.Builder, and WildcardFileFilter.Builder.get()

Constructs a new wildcard filter for an array of wildcards specifying case-sensitivity.

Parameters:

wildcards - the array of wildcards to match, not null

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

Throws:

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

Method Detail

builder

public static WildcardFileFilter.Builder builder()

Constructs a new WildcardFileFilter.Builder.

Returns:

a new WildcardFileFilter.Builder.

Since:

2.12.0

accept

public boolean accept(java.io.File file)

Checks to see if the file name matches one of the wildcards.

Specified by:

accept in interface java.io.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

accept

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

Checks to see if the file name matches one of the wildcards.

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 wildcards

accept

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

Checks to see if the file name matches one of the wildcards.

Specified by:

accept in interface PathFilter

Specified by:

accept in interface IOFileFilter

Parameters:

file - the file to check

attributes - the file's basic attributes (TODO may be null).

Returns:

true if the file name matches one of the wildcards.

Since:

2.9.0

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Provide a String representation of this file filter.

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractFileFilter

Returns:

a String representation