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/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
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import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * A simple FileFilter class that works by filename extension, like the one in
 * the JDK demo called ExampleFileFilter, which has been announced to be
 * supported in a future Swing release.
 */
public class JFileFilter extends javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter {
    protected String description;

    protected ArrayList exts = new ArrayList();

    public void addType(String s) {
        exts.add(s);
    }

    /** Return true if the given file is accepted by this filter. */
    public boolean accept(File f) {
        // Little trick: if you don't do this, only directory names
        // ending in one of the extentions appear in the window.
        if (f.isDirectory()) {
            return true;

        } else if (f.isFile()) {
            Iterator it = exts.iterator();
            while (it.hasNext()) {
                if (f.getName().endsWith((String) it.next()))
                    return true;
            }
        }

        // A file that didn't match, or a weirdo (e.g. UNIX device file?).
        return false;
    }

    /** Set the printable description of this filter. */
    public void setDescription(String s) {
        description = s;
    }

    /** Return the printable description of this filter. */
    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }
}