Java JFileChooser Filter accept(File f, Collection filters)

Description

Determines whether this file is accepted by the specified collection of filters

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
f	The file to determine whether to accept
filters	The filtesr to check whether they accept the file

Return

boolean representation of whether any of the filters accept the file

Declaration

public static boolean accept(File f, Collection<FileFilter> filters) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from www .j a  va 2s .  co m*/
 * PackJacket - GUI frontend to IzPack to make Java-based installers
 * Copyright (C) 2008 - 2009  Amandeep Grewal, Manodasan Wignarajah
 *
 * PackJacket is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * PackJacket is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with PackJacket.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.File;

import java.util.Collection;

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Determines whether this file is accepted by the specified collection of filters
     * @param f The file to determine whether to accept
     * @param filters The filtesr to check whether they accept the file
     * @return boolean representation of whether any of the filters accept the file
     */
    public static boolean accept(File f, Collection<FileFilter> filters) {
        //If there is no filters, or is null true is returned meaning to accept the file
        if (filters == null || filters.isEmpty())
            return true;
        //Goes through all the fitlers and sees whether any accepts the file, if it does true is returned
        for (FileFilter filter : filters)
            if (filter.accept(f))
                return true;
        return false;
    }
}

Related

1. completeFileExtension(File file, FileFilter filter)
2. createFileFilter(final String description, final String[] extensions)
3. createFileFilter(final String description, String extension)
4. createFileFilter(final String ext, final String desc)