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17
18package java.io;
19
20/**
21 * An interface for filtering {@link File} objects based on their names
22 * or the directory they reside in.
23 *
24 * @see File
25 * @see File#list(FilenameFilter)
26 */
27public interface FilenameFilter {
28
29    /**
30     * Indicates if a specific filename matches this filter.
31     *
32     * @param dir
33     *            the directory in which the {@code filename} was found.
34     * @param filename
35     *            the name of the file in {@code dir} to test.
36     * @return  {@code true} if the filename matches the filter
37     *            and can be included in the list, {@code false}
38     *            otherwise.
39     */
40    public abstract boolean accept(File dir, String filename);
41}
42