I would like to get a list of files with a specific extension in a directory. In the API (Java 6), I see a method File.listFiles(FileFilter)
which would do this.
Since I need a specific extension, I created a FileNameExtensionFilter
. However I get a compilation error when I use listFiles
with this. I assumed that since FileNameExtensionFilter implements FileFilter
, I should be able to do this. Code follows:
FileNameExtensionFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("text only","txt");
String dir = "/users/blah/dirname";
File f[] = (new File(dir)).listFiles(filter);
The last line shows a compilation error:
method listFiles(FileNameFilter) in type File is not applicable for arguments of type FileNameExtensionFilter
I am trying to use listFiles(FileFilter)
, not listFiles(FileNameFilter)
. Why does the compiler not recognize this?
This works if I write my own extension filter extending FileFilter
. I would rather use FileNameExtensionFilter
than write my own. What am I doing wrong?
The FileNameExtensionFilter
class is intended for Swing to be used in a JFileChooser
.
Try using a FilenameFilter
instead. For example:
File dir = new File("/users/blah/dirname");
File[] files = dir.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
return name.toLowerCase().endsWith(".txt");
}
});