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017    package org.apache.commons.io.filefilter;
018    
019    import java.io.File;
020    import java.io.Serializable;
021    
022    /**
023     * This filter accepts <code>File</code>s that are directories.
024     * <p>
025     * For example, here is how to print out a list of the 
026     * current directory's subdirectories:
027     *
028     * <pre>
029     * File dir = new File(".");
030     * String[] files = dir.list( DirectoryFileFilter.INSTANCE );
031     * for ( int i = 0; i &lt; files.length; i++ ) {
032     *     System.out.println(files[i]);
033     * }
034     * </pre>
035     *
036     * @since 1.0
037     * @version $Id: DirectoryFileFilter.java 1304052 2012-03-22 20:55:29Z ggregory $
038     *
039     * @see FileFilterUtils#directoryFileFilter()
040     */
041    public class DirectoryFileFilter extends AbstractFileFilter implements Serializable {
042    
043        /**
044         * Singleton instance of directory filter.
045         * @since 1.3
046         */
047        public static final IOFileFilter DIRECTORY = new DirectoryFileFilter();
048        /**
049         * Singleton instance of directory filter.
050         * Please use the identical DirectoryFileFilter.DIRECTORY constant.
051         * The new name is more JDK 1.5 friendly as it doesn't clash with other
052         * values when using static imports.
053         */
054        public static final IOFileFilter INSTANCE = DIRECTORY;
055    
056        /**
057         * Restrictive consructor.
058         */
059        protected DirectoryFileFilter() {
060        }
061    
062        /**
063         * Checks to see if the file is a directory.
064         *
065         * @param file  the File to check
066         * @return true if the file is a directory
067         */
068        @Override
069        public boolean accept(File file) {
070            return file.isDirectory();
071        }
072    
073    }