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Commons IO example source code file (FileFilterUtils.java)

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The Commons IO FileFilterUtils.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.io.filefilter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.commons.io.IOCase;

/**
 * Useful utilities for working with file filters. It provides access to all
 * file filter implementations in this package so you don't have to import
 * every class you use.
 * 
 * @since Commons IO 1.0
 * @version $Id: FileFilterUtils.java 1005099 2010-10-06 16:13:01Z niallp $
 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author Jeremias Maerki
 * @author Masato Tezuka
 * @author Rahul Akolkar
 */
public class FileFilterUtils {
    
    /**
     * FileFilterUtils is not normally instantiated.
     */
    public FileFilterUtils() {
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * <p>
     * Applies an {@link IOFileFilter} to the provided {@link File} 
     * objects. The resulting array is a subset of the original file list that 
     * matches the provided filter.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * The {@link Set} returned by this method is not guaranteed to be thread safe.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * Set<File> allFiles = ...
     * Set<File> javaFiles = FileFilterUtils.filterSet(allFiles,
     *     FileFilterUtils.suffixFileFilter(".java"));
     * </pre>
     * @param filter the filter to apply to the set of files.
     * @param files the array of files to apply the filter to.
     * 
     * @return a subset of <code>files that is accepted by the 
     *         file filter.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filter is <code>null 
     *         or <code>files contains a null value. 
     * 
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static File[] filter(IOFileFilter filter, File... files) {
        if (filter == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("file filter is null");
        }
        if (files == null) {
            return new File[0];
        }
        List<File> acceptedFiles = new ArrayList();
        for (File file : files) {
            if (file == null) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("file array contains null");
            }
            if (filter.accept(file)) {
                acceptedFiles.add(file);
            }
        }
        return acceptedFiles.toArray(new File[acceptedFiles.size()]);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Applies an {@link IOFileFilter} to the provided {@link File} 
     * objects. The resulting array is a subset of the original file list that 
     * matches the provided filter.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * The {@link Set} returned by this method is not guaranteed to be thread safe.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * Set<File> allFiles = ...
     * Set<File> javaFiles = FileFilterUtils.filterSet(allFiles,
     *     FileFilterUtils.suffixFileFilter(".java"));
     * </pre>
     * @param filter the filter to apply to the set of files.
     * @param files the array of files to apply the filter to.
     * 
     * @return a subset of <code>files that is accepted by the 
     *         file filter.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filter is <code>null 
     *         or <code>files contains a null value. 
     * 
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static File[] filter(IOFileFilter filter, Iterable<File> files) {
        List<File> acceptedFiles = filterList(filter, files);
        return acceptedFiles.toArray(new File[acceptedFiles.size()]);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Applies an {@link IOFileFilter} to the provided {@link File} 
     * objects. The resulting list is a subset of the original files that 
     * matches the provided filter.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * The {@link List} returned by this method is not guaranteed to be thread safe.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * List<File> filesAndDirectories = ...
     * List<File> directories = FileFilterUtils.filterList(filesAndDirectories,
     *     FileFilterUtils.directoryFileFilter());
     * </pre>
     * @param filter the filter to apply to each files in the list.
     * @param files the collection of files to apply the filter to.
     * 
     * @return a subset of <code>files that is accepted by the 
     *         file filter.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filter is <code>null 
     *         or <code>files contains a null value. 
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static List<File> filterList(IOFileFilter filter, Iterable files) {
        return filter(filter, files, new ArrayList<File>());
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Applies an {@link IOFileFilter} to the provided {@link File} 
     * objects. The resulting list is a subset of the original files that 
     * matches the provided filter.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * The {@link List} returned by this method is not guaranteed to be thread safe.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * List<File> filesAndDirectories = ...
     * List<File> directories = FileFilterUtils.filterList(filesAndDirectories,
     *     FileFilterUtils.directoryFileFilter());
     * </pre>
     * @param filter the filter to apply to each files in the list.
     * @param files the collection of files to apply the filter to.
     * 
     * @return a subset of <code>files that is accepted by the 
     *         file filter.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filter is <code>null 
     *         or <code>files contains a null value. 
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static List<File> filterList(IOFileFilter filter, File... files) {
        File[] acceptedFiles = filter(filter, files);
        return Arrays.asList(acceptedFiles);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Applies an {@link IOFileFilter} to the provided {@link File} 
     * objects. The resulting set is a subset of the original file list that 
     * matches the provided filter.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * The {@link Set} returned by this method is not guaranteed to be thread safe.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * Set<File> allFiles = ...
     * Set<File> javaFiles = FileFilterUtils.filterSet(allFiles,
     *     FileFilterUtils.suffixFileFilter(".java"));
     * </pre>
     * @param filter the filter to apply to the set of files.
     * @param files the collection of files to apply the filter to.
     * 
     * @return a subset of <code>files that is accepted by the 
     *         file filter.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filter is <code>null 
     *         or <code>files contains a null value. 
     * 
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static Set<File> filterSet(IOFileFilter filter, File... files) {
        File[] acceptedFiles = filter(filter, files);
        return new HashSet<File>(Arrays.asList(acceptedFiles));
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Applies an {@link IOFileFilter} to the provided {@link File} 
     * objects. The resulting set is a subset of the original file list that 
     * matches the provided filter.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * The {@link Set} returned by this method is not guaranteed to be thread safe.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * Set<File> allFiles = ...
     * Set<File> javaFiles = FileFilterUtils.filterSet(allFiles,
     *     FileFilterUtils.suffixFileFilter(".java"));
     * </pre>
     * @param filter the filter to apply to the set of files.
     * @param files the collection of files to apply the filter to.
     * 
     * @return a subset of <code>files that is accepted by the 
     *         file filter.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filter is <code>null 
     *         or <code>files contains a null value. 
     * 
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static Set<File> filterSet(IOFileFilter filter, Iterable files) {
        return filter(filter, files, new HashSet<File>());
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Applies an {@link IOFileFilter} to the provided {@link File} 
     * objects and appends the accepted files to the other supplied collection. 
     * </p>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * List<File> files = ...
     * List<File> directories = FileFilterUtils.filterList(files,
     *     FileFilterUtils.sizeFileFilter(FileUtils.FIFTY_MB), 
     *         new ArrayList<File>());
     * </pre>
     * @param filter the filter to apply to the collection of files.
     * @param files the collection of files to apply the filter to.
     * @param acceptedFiles the list of files to add accepted files to.
     * 
     * @param <T> the type of the file collection.
     * @return a subset of <code>files that is accepted by the 
     *         file filter.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filter is <code>null 
     *         or <code>files contains a null value. 
     */
    private static <T extends Collection T filter(IOFileFilter filter,
            Iterable<File> files, T acceptedFiles) {
        if (filter == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("file filter is null");
        }
        if (files != null) {
            for (File file : files) {
                if (file == null) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("file collection contains null");
                }
                if (filter.accept(file)) {
                    acceptedFiles.add(file);
                }
            }
        }
        return acceptedFiles;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the filename starts with the specified text.
     * 
     * @param prefix  the filename prefix
     * @return a prefix checking filter
     * @see PrefixFileFilter
     */
    public static IOFileFilter prefixFileFilter(String prefix) {
        return new PrefixFileFilter(prefix);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the filename starts with the specified text.
     * 
     * @param prefix  the filename prefix
     * @param caseSensitivity  how to handle case sensitivity, null means case-sensitive
     * @return a prefix checking filter
     * @see PrefixFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter prefixFileFilter(String prefix, IOCase caseSensitivity) {
        return new PrefixFileFilter(prefix, caseSensitivity);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the filename ends with the specified text.
     * 
     * @param suffix  the filename suffix
     * @return a suffix checking filter
     * @see SuffixFileFilter
     */
    public static IOFileFilter suffixFileFilter(String suffix) {
        return new SuffixFileFilter(suffix);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the filename ends with the specified text.
     * 
     * @param suffix  the filename suffix
     * @param caseSensitivity  how to handle case sensitivity, null means case-sensitive
     * @return a suffix checking filter
     * @see SuffixFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter suffixFileFilter(String suffix, IOCase caseSensitivity) {
        return new SuffixFileFilter(suffix, caseSensitivity);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the filename matches the specified text.
     * 
     * @param name  the filename
     * @return a name checking filter
     * @see NameFileFilter
     */
    public static IOFileFilter nameFileFilter(String name) {
        return new NameFileFilter(name);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the filename matches the specified text.
     * 
     * @param name  the filename
     * @param caseSensitivity  how to handle case sensitivity, null means case-sensitive
     * @return a name checking filter
     * @see NameFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter nameFileFilter(String name, IOCase caseSensitivity) {
        return new NameFileFilter(name, caseSensitivity);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that checks if the file is a directory.
     * 
     * @return file filter that accepts only directories and not files
     * @see DirectoryFileFilter#DIRECTORY
     */
    public static IOFileFilter directoryFileFilter() {
        return DirectoryFileFilter.DIRECTORY;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that checks if the file is a file (and not a directory).
     * 
     * @return file filter that accepts only files and not directories
     * @see FileFileFilter#FILE
     */
    public static IOFileFilter fileFileFilter() {
        return FileFileFilter.FILE;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Returns a filter that ANDs the two specified filters.
     * 
     * @param filter1  the first filter
     * @param filter2  the second filter
     * @return a filter that ANDs the two specified filters
     * @see #and(IOFileFilter...)
     * @see AndFileFilter
     * @deprecated use {@link #and(IOFileFilter...)}
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static IOFileFilter andFileFilter(IOFileFilter filter1, IOFileFilter filter2) {
        return new AndFileFilter(filter1, filter2);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that ORs the two specified filters.
     * 
     * @param filter1  the first filter
     * @param filter2  the second filter
     * @return a filter that ORs the two specified filters
     * @see #or(IOFileFilter...)
     * @see OrFileFilter
     * @deprecated use {@link #or(IOFileFilter...)}
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static IOFileFilter orFileFilter(IOFileFilter filter1, IOFileFilter filter2) {
        return new OrFileFilter(filter1, filter2);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that ANDs the specified filters.
     * 
     * @param filters the IOFileFilters that will be ANDed together.
     * @return a filter that ANDs the specified filters
     * 
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filters are null or contain a 
     *         null value.
     * @see AndFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter and(IOFileFilter... filters) {
        return new AndFileFilter(toList(filters));
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that ORs the specified filters.
     * 
     * @param filters the IOFileFilters that will be ORed together.
     * @return a filter that ORs the specified filters
     * 
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filters are null or contain a 
     *         null value.
     * @see OrFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter or(IOFileFilter... filters) {
        return new OrFileFilter(toList(filters));
    }

    /**
     * Create a List of file filters.
     *
     * @param filters The file filters
     * @return The list of file filters
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the filters are null or contain a 
     *         null value.
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static List<IOFileFilter> toList(IOFileFilter... filters) {
        if (filters == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The filters must not be null");
        }
        List<IOFileFilter> list = new ArrayList(filters.length);
        for (int i = 0; i < filters.length; i++) {
            if (filters[i] == null) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("The filter[" + i + "] is null");
            }
            list.add(filters[i]);
        }
        return list;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that NOTs the specified filter.
     * 
     * @param filter  the filter to invert
     * @return a filter that NOTs the specified filter
     * @see NotFileFilter
     */
    public static IOFileFilter notFileFilter(IOFileFilter filter) {
        return new NotFileFilter(filter);
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Returns a filter that always returns true.
     * 
     * @return a true filter
     * @see TrueFileFilter#TRUE
     */
    public static IOFileFilter trueFileFilter() {
        return TrueFileFilter.TRUE;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that always returns false.
     * 
     * @return a false filter
     * @see FalseFileFilter#FALSE
     */
    public static IOFileFilter falseFileFilter() {
        return FalseFileFilter.FALSE;
    }
    
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Returns an <code>IOFileFilter that wraps the
     * <code>FileFilter instance.
     * 
     * @param filter  the filter to be wrapped
     * @return a new filter that implements IOFileFilter
     * @see DelegateFileFilter
     */
    public static IOFileFilter asFileFilter(FileFilter filter) {
        return new DelegateFileFilter(filter);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an <code>IOFileFilter that wraps the
     * <code>FilenameFilter instance.
     * 
     * @param filter  the filter to be wrapped
     * @return a new filter that implements IOFileFilter
     * @see DelegateFileFilter
     */
    public static IOFileFilter asFileFilter(FilenameFilter filter) {
        return new DelegateFileFilter(filter);
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the file was last modified after
     * the specified cutoff time.
     *
     * @param cutoff  the time threshold
     * @return an appropriately configured age file filter
     * @see AgeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.2
     */
    public static IOFileFilter ageFileFilter(long cutoff) {
        return new AgeFileFilter(cutoff);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that filters files based on a cutoff time.
     *
     * @param cutoff  the time threshold
     * @param acceptOlder  if true, older files get accepted, if false, newer
     * @return an appropriately configured age file filter
     * @see AgeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.2
     */
    public static IOFileFilter ageFileFilter(long cutoff, boolean acceptOlder) {
        return new AgeFileFilter(cutoff, acceptOlder);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the file was last modified after
     * the specified cutoff date.
     *
     * @param cutoffDate  the time threshold
     * @return an appropriately configured age file filter
     * @see AgeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.2
     */
    public static IOFileFilter ageFileFilter(Date cutoffDate) {
        return new AgeFileFilter(cutoffDate);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that filters files based on a cutoff date.
     *
     * @param cutoffDate  the time threshold
     * @param acceptOlder  if true, older files get accepted, if false, newer
     * @return an appropriately configured age file filter
     * @see AgeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.2
     */
    public static IOFileFilter ageFileFilter(Date cutoffDate, boolean acceptOlder) {
        return new AgeFileFilter(cutoffDate, acceptOlder);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the file was last modified after
     * the specified reference file.
     *
     * @param cutoffReference  the file whose last modification
     *        time is usesd as the threshold age of the files
     * @return an appropriately configured age file filter
     * @see AgeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.2
     */
    public static IOFileFilter ageFileFilter(File cutoffReference) {
        return new AgeFileFilter(cutoffReference);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that filters files based on a cutoff reference file.
     *
     * @param cutoffReference  the file whose last modification
     *        time is usesd as the threshold age of the files
     * @param acceptOlder  if true, older files get accepted, if false, newer
     * @return an appropriately configured age file filter
     * @see AgeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.2
     */
    public static IOFileFilter ageFileFilter(File cutoffReference, boolean acceptOlder) {
        return new AgeFileFilter(cutoffReference, acceptOlder);
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Returns a filter that returns true if the file is bigger than a certain size.
     *
     * @param threshold  the file size threshold
     * @return an appropriately configured SizeFileFilter
     * @see SizeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.2
     */
    public static IOFileFilter sizeFileFilter(long threshold) {
        return new SizeFileFilter(threshold);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that filters based on file size.
     *
     * @param threshold  the file size threshold
     * @param acceptLarger  if true, larger files get accepted, if false, smaller
     * @return an appropriately configured SizeFileFilter
     * @see SizeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.2
     */
    public static IOFileFilter sizeFileFilter(long threshold, boolean acceptLarger) {
        return new SizeFileFilter(threshold, acceptLarger);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a filter that accepts files whose size is >= minimum size
     * and <= maximum size.
     *
     * @param minSizeInclusive the minimum file size (inclusive)
     * @param maxSizeInclusive the maximum file size (inclusive)
     * @return an appropriately configured IOFileFilter
     * @see SizeFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 1.3
     */
    public static IOFileFilter sizeRangeFileFilter(long minSizeInclusive, long maxSizeInclusive ) {
        IOFileFilter minimumFilter = new SizeFileFilter(minSizeInclusive, true);
        IOFileFilter maximumFilter = new SizeFileFilter(maxSizeInclusive + 1L, false);
        return new AndFileFilter(minimumFilter, maximumFilter);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns a filter that accepts files that begin with the provided magic
     * number.
     * 
     * @param magicNumber the magic number (byte sequence) to match at the 
     *        beginning of each file.
     * 
     * @return an IOFileFilter that accepts files beginning with the provided
     *         magic number.
     *         
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>magicNumber is 
     *         <code>null or the empty String.
     * @see MagicNumberFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter magicNumberFileFilter(String magicNumber) {
        return new MagicNumberFileFilter(magicNumber);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns a filter that accepts files that contains the provided magic
     * number at a specified offset within the file.
     * 
     * @param magicNumber the magic number (byte sequence) to match at the 
     *        provided offset in each file.
     * @param offset the offset within the files to look for the magic number.
     * 
     * @return an IOFileFilter that accepts files containing the magic number
     *         at the specified offset.
     *         
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>magicNumber is 
     *         <code>null or the empty String, or if offset is a 
     *         negative number.
     * @see MagicNumberFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter magicNumberFileFilter(String magicNumber, long offset) {
        return new MagicNumberFileFilter(magicNumber, offset);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns a filter that accepts files that begin with the provided magic
     * number.
     * 
     * @param magicNumber the magic number (byte sequence) to match at the 
     *        beginning of each file.
     * 
     * @return an IOFileFilter that accepts files beginning with the provided
     *         magic number.
     *         
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>magicNumber is 
     *         <code>null or is of length zero.
     * @see MagicNumberFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter magicNumberFileFilter(byte[] magicNumber) {
        return new MagicNumberFileFilter(magicNumber);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns a filter that accepts files that contains the provided magic
     * number at a specified offset within the file.
     * 
     * @param magicNumber the magic number (byte sequence) to match at the 
     *        provided offset in each file.
     * @param offset the offset within the files to look for the magic number.
     * 
     * @return an IOFileFilter that accepts files containing the magic number
     *         at the specified offset.
     *         
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>magicNumber is 
     *         <code>null, or contains no bytes, or offset 
     *         is a negative number.
     * @see MagicNumberFileFilter
     * @since Commons IO 2.0
     */
    public static IOFileFilter magicNumberFileFilter(byte[] magicNumber, long offset) {
        return new MagicNumberFileFilter(magicNumber, offset);
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /* Constructed on demand and then cached */
    private static final IOFileFilter cvsFilter = notFileFilter(
            and(directoryFileFilter(), nameFileFilter("CVS")));

    /* Constructed on demand and then cached */
    private static final IOFileFilter svnFilter = notFileFilter(
            and(directoryFileFilter(), nameFileFilter(".svn")));

    /**
     * Decorates a filter to make it ignore CVS directories.
     * Passing in <code>null will return a filter that accepts everything
     * except CVS directories.
     * 
     * @param filter  the filter to decorate, null means an unrestricted filter
     * @return the decorated filter, never null
     * @since Commons IO 1.1 (method existed but had bug in 1.0)
     */
    public static IOFileFilter makeCVSAware(IOFileFilter filter) {
        if (filter == null) {
            return cvsFilter;
        } else {
            return and(filter, cvsFilter);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Decorates a filter to make it ignore SVN directories.
     * Passing in <code>null will return a filter that accepts everything
     * except SVN directories.
     * 
     * @param filter  the filter to decorate, null means an unrestricted filter
     * @return the decorated filter, never null
     * @since Commons IO 1.1
     */
    public static IOFileFilter makeSVNAware(IOFileFilter filter) {
        if (filter == null) {
            return svnFilter;
        } else {
            return and(filter, svnFilter);
        }
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Decorates a filter so that it only applies to directories and not to files.
     * 
     * @param filter  the filter to decorate, null means an unrestricted filter
     * @return the decorated filter, never null
     * @see DirectoryFileFilter#DIRECTORY
     * @since Commons IO 1.3
     */
    public static IOFileFilter makeDirectoryOnly(IOFileFilter filter) {
        if (filter == null) {
            return DirectoryFileFilter.DIRECTORY;
        }
        return new AndFileFilter(DirectoryFileFilter.DIRECTORY, filter);
    }

    /**
     * Decorates a filter so that it only applies to files and not to directories.
     * 
     * @param filter  the filter to decorate, null means an unrestricted filter
     * @return the decorated filter, never null
     * @see FileFileFilter#FILE
     * @since Commons IO 1.3
     */
    public static IOFileFilter makeFileOnly(IOFileFilter filter) {
        if (filter == null) {
            return FileFileFilter.FILE;
        }
        return new AndFileFilter(FileFileFilter.FILE, filter);
    }

}

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