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17package org.apache.commons.io.filefilter;
18
19import java.io.File;
20import java.io.Serializable;
21
22/**
23 * This filter accepts <code>File</code>s that can be written to.
24 * <p>
25 * Example, showing how to print out a list of the
26 * current directory's <i>writable</i> files:
27 *
28 * <pre>
29 * File dir = new File(".");
30 * String[] files = dir.list( CanWriteFileFilter.CAN_WRITE );
31 * for ( int i = 0; i &lt; files.length; i++ ) {
32 *     System.out.println(files[i]);
33 * }
34 * </pre>
35 *
36 * <p>
37 * Example, showing how to print out a list of the
38 * current directory's <i>un-writable</i> files:
39 *
40 * <pre>
41 * File dir = new File(".");
42 * String[] files = dir.list( CanWriteFileFilter.CANNOT_WRITE );
43 * for ( int i = 0; i &lt; files.length; i++ ) {
44 *     System.out.println(files[i]);
45 * }
46 * </pre>
47 *
48 * <p>
49 * <b>N.B.</b> For read-only files, use
50 *    <code>CanReadFileFilter.READ_ONLY</code>.
51 *
52 * @since Commons IO 1.3
53 * @version $Revision: 587916 $
54 */
55public class CanWriteFileFilter extends AbstractFileFilter implements Serializable {
56
57    /** Singleton instance of <i>writable</i> filter */
58    public static final IOFileFilter CAN_WRITE = new CanWriteFileFilter();
59
60    /** Singleton instance of not <i>writable</i> filter */
61    public static final IOFileFilter CANNOT_WRITE = new NotFileFilter(CAN_WRITE);
62
63    /**
64     * Restrictive consructor.
65     */
66    protected CanWriteFileFilter() {
67    }
68
69    /**
70     * Checks to see if the file can be written to.
71     *
72     * @param file  the File to check
73     * @return <code>true</code> if the file can be
74     *  written to, otherwise <code>false</code>.
75     */
76    public boolean accept(File file) {
77        return file.canWrite();
78    }
79
80}
81