Package com.day.util

Class FileExpander

java.lang.Object

com.day.util.FileExpander

All Implemented Interfaces:

HandleExpander

public class FileExpander
extends Object
implements HandleExpander

The FileExpander takes file names as input, expands them according to the globbing patterns and returns a list of file names.

Since:

coati Audience wad

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	FileExpander.BaseFilter	The BaseFilter class is an abstract base class for the file and directory matcher class, which accepts files based on globbing patterns.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final FileExpander.BaseFilter	RETURN_ALL
static final FileExpander.BaseFilter	RETURN_DIRECTORIES
static final FileExpander.BaseFilter	RETURN_FILES

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileExpander()
FileExpander(File root, FileExpander.BaseFilter type)
FileExpander(String root, FileExpander.BaseFilter type)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String[]	expand(String pattern)	Expands the file name pattern returning a list of file names matching to that pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

RETURN_ALL

public static final FileExpander.BaseFilter RETURN_ALL

RETURN_FILES

public static final FileExpander.BaseFilter RETURN_FILES

RETURN_DIRECTORIES

public static final FileExpander.BaseFilter RETURN_DIRECTORIES

Constructor Details

FileExpander

public FileExpander()

FileExpander

public FileExpander(String root,
 FileExpander.BaseFilter type)

FileExpander

public FileExpander(File root,
 FileExpander.BaseFilter type)

Method Details

expand

public String[] expand(String pattern)

Expands the file name pattern returning a list of file names matching to that pattern. This list will only contain names of real files regardless of whether a directory's name would match the pattern or not.

Specified by:

expand in interface HandleExpander

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern to match.

Returns:

A list of filenames matching the pattern

See Also:

• for a description of the pattern format.