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package java.io;
/**
* Instances of classes that implement this interface are used to
* filter filenames. These instances are used to filter directory
* listings in the <code>list</code> method of class
* <code>File</code>, and by the Abstract Window Toolkit's file
* dialog component.
*
* @author Arthur van Hoff
* @author Jonathan Payne
* @see java.awt.FileDialog#setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter)
* @see java.io.File
* @see java.io.File#list(java.io.FilenameFilter)
* @since JDK1.0
*/
public
interface FilenameFilter {
/**
* Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list.
*
* @param dir the directory in which the file was found.
* @param name the name of the file.
* @return <code>true</code> if and only if the name should be
* included in the file list; <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
boolean accept(File dir, String name);
}