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## java.io
Interface FilenameFilter

public interface FilenameFilter

Instances of classes that implement this interface are used to filter filenames. These instances are used to filter directory listings in the `list` method of class `File`, and by the Abstract Window Toolkit's file dialog component.

Since:
  JDK1.0
See Also:
  `java.awt.FileDialog#setFilenameFilter(java.io.FilenameFilter)`, `File`, `File.list(java.io.FilenameFilter)`

Method Summary
`boolean` | `accept(File dir, String name)` Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list.

Method Detail

### accept

    public boolean accept(File dir,
                          String name)

  Tests if a specified file should be included in a file list.
  Parameters:
    `dir` - the directory in which the file was found.
    `name` - the name of the file.
  Returns:
    `true` if and only if the name should be included in the file list; `false` otherwise.

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