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## org.apache.commons.io.filefilter
Class NameFileFilter

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.AbstractFileFilter
          org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.NameFileFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  FileFilter, FilenameFilter, Serializable, IOFileFilter

    public class NameFileFilter

extends AbstractFileFilter
implements Serializable

Filters filenames for a certain name.

For example, to print all files and directories in the current directory whose name is `Test`:

     File dir = new File(".");
     String[] files = dir.list( new NameFileFilter("Test") );
     for ( int i = 0; i < files.length; i++ ) {
         System.out.println(files[i]);
     }

Since:
  Commons IO 1.0
Version:
  $Revision: 606381 $ $Date: 2007-12-22 02:03:16 +0000 (Sat, 22 Dec 2007) $
Author:
  Stephen Colebourne, Federico Barbieri, Serge Knystautas, Peter Donald
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`NameFileFilter(List names)` Constructs a new case-sensitive name file filter for a list of names.
`NameFileFilter(List names, IOCase caseSensitivity)` Constructs a new name file filter for a list of names specifying case-sensitivity.
`NameFileFilter(String name)` Constructs a new case-sensitive name file filter for a single name.
`NameFileFilter(String[] names)` Constructs a new case-sensitive name file filter for an array of names.
`NameFileFilter(String[] names, IOCase caseSensitivity)` Constructs a new name file filter for an array of names specifying case-sensitivity.
`NameFileFilter(String name, IOCase caseSensitivity)` Construct a new name file filter specifying case-sensitivity.

Method Summary
`boolean` | `accept(File file)` Checks to see if the filename matches.
`boolean` | `accept(File file, String name)` Checks to see if the filename matches.
`String` | `toString()` Provide a String representaion of this file filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### NameFileFilter

    public NameFileFilter(String name)

  Constructs a new case-sensitive name file filter for a single name.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name to allow, must not be null
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the name is null

### NameFileFilter

    public NameFileFilter(String name,
                          IOCase caseSensitivity)

  Construct a new name file filter specifying case-sensitivity.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name to allow, must not be null
    `caseSensitivity` - how to handle case sensitivity, null means case-sensitive
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the name is null

### NameFileFilter

    public NameFileFilter(String[] names)

  Constructs a new case-sensitive name file filter for an array of names.

  The array is not cloned, so could be changed after constructing the instance. This would be inadvisable however.

  Parameters:
    `names` - the names to allow, must not be null
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the names array is null

### NameFileFilter

    public NameFileFilter(String[] names,
                          IOCase caseSensitivity)

  Constructs a new name file filter for an array of names specifying case-sensitivity.

  The array is not cloned, so could be changed after constructing the instance. This would be inadvisable however.

  Parameters:
    `names` - the names to allow, must not be null
    `caseSensitivity` - how to handle case sensitivity, null means case-sensitive
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the names array is null

### NameFileFilter

    public NameFileFilter(List names)

  Constructs a new case-sensitive name file filter for a list of names.

  Parameters:
    `names` - the names to allow, must not be null
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the name list is null
    `ClassCastException` - if the list does not contain Strings

### NameFileFilter

    public NameFileFilter(List names,
                          IOCase caseSensitivity)

  Constructs a new name file filter for a list of names specifying case-sensitivity.

  Parameters:
    `names` - the names to allow, must not be null
    `caseSensitivity` - how to handle case sensitivity, null means case-sensitive
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the name list is null
    `ClassCastException` - if the list does not contain Strings

Method Detail

### accept

    public boolean accept(File file)

  Checks to see if the filename matches.

  Specified by:
    `accept` in interface `FileFilter`
  Specified by:
    `accept` in interface `IOFileFilter`
  Overrides:
    `accept` in class `AbstractFileFilter`
  Parameters:
    `file` - the File to check
  Returns:
    true if the filename matches

### accept

    public boolean accept(File file,
                          String name)

  Checks to see if the filename matches.

  Specified by:
    `accept` in interface `FilenameFilter`
  Specified by:
    `accept` in interface `IOFileFilter`
  Overrides:
    `accept` in class `AbstractFileFilter`
  Parameters:
    `file` - the File directory
    `name` - the filename
  Returns:
    true if the filename matches

### toString

    public String toString()

  Provide a String representaion of this file filter.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `AbstractFileFilter`
  Returns:
    a String representaion

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