Package org.apache.commons.vfs2

Interface FileSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

AllFileSelector, FileDepthSelector, FileExtensionSelector, FileFilterSelector, FileTypeSelector, InvertIncludeFileSelector, PatternFileSelector

public interface FileSelector

Selects what to traverse a file hierarchy.

See Also:

• Selectors

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	includeFile(FileSelectInfo fileInfo)	Tests if a file or folder should be selected.
default boolean	traverseDescendants(FileSelectInfo fileInfo)	Tests whether a folder should be traversed.
boolean	traverseDescendents(FileSelectInfo fileInfo)	Deprecated. Use traverseDescendants(FileSelectInfo).

Method Details

includeFile

boolean includeFile(FileSelectInfo fileInfo)
             throws Exception

Tests if a file or folder should be selected. This method is called in depthwise order (that is, it is called for the children of a folder before it is called for the folder itself).

Parameters:

fileInfo - the file or folder to select.

Returns:

true if the file should be selected.

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

traverseDescendants

default boolean traverseDescendants(FileSelectInfo fileInfo)
                             throws Exception

Tests whether a folder should be traversed. If this method returns true, includeFile(org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSelectInfo) is called for each of the children of the folder, and each of the child folders is recursively traversed.

This method is called on a folder before includeFile(org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSelectInfo) is called.

Parameters:

fileInfo - the file or folder to select.

Returns:

true if the folder should be traversed.

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.

Since:

2.10.0

traverseDescendents

@Deprecated
boolean traverseDescendents(FileSelectInfo fileInfo)
                     throws Exception

Deprecated.

Use traverseDescendants(FileSelectInfo).

Tests whether a folder should be traversed. If this method returns true, includeFile(org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSelectInfo) is called for each of the children of the folder, and each of the child folders is recursively traversed.

This method is called on a folder before includeFile(org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSelectInfo) is called.

Parameters:

fileInfo - the file or folder to select.

Returns:

true if the folder should be traversed.

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs.