Using the PathMatcher interface to filter a directory : PathMatcher « JDK 7 « Java

1. Java
2. JDK 7
3. PathMatcher

Using the PathMatcher interface to filter a directory

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.DirectoryIteratorException;
import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Test {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Path directory = Paths.get("C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0/bin");
    PathMatcher pathMatcher = FileSystems.getDefault().getPathMatcher(
        "glob:java?.exe");
    try (DirectoryStream<Path> directoryStream = Files.newDirectoryStream(
        directory, "java*.exe")) {
      for (Path file : directoryStream) {
        if (pathMatcher.matches(file.getFileName())) {
          System.out.println(file.getFileName());
        }
      }
    } catch (IOException | DirectoryIteratorException ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
    }

  }
}        

 

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