Java tutorial
// : c12:DirList3.java // Building the anonymous inner class "in-place." // {Args: "D.*\.java"} // From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. import java.io.File; import java.io.FilenameFilter; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class DirList3 { public static void main(final String[] args) { File path = new File("."); String[] list; if (args.length == 0) list = path.list(); else list = path.list(new FilenameFilter() { private Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(args[0]); public boolean accept(File dir, String name) { return pattern.matcher(new File(name).getName()).matches(); } }); Arrays.sort(list, new AlphabeticComparator()); for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) System.out.println(list[i]); } } ///:~ class AlphabeticComparator implements Comparator { public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) { String s1 = (String) o1; String s2 = (String) o2; return s1.toLowerCase().compareTo(s2.toLowerCase()); } } ///:~