Filter 2.7 build: 9470 released: 2010-11-22

collection of FileFilters.

Copyright: (c) 2012 Canadian Mind Products.

Java class library.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products1.html#FILTER

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/W7x86/W7-64/OSX/Linux/Solaris/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as a part of your own program.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "use folder names" option.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as a part of your own program.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.

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Rebuilding:

You are pretty much on your own how to use this material.

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Use:

FilenameFilters you can use in your own Java programs with
File.list( FilenameFilter f ). They can also be used
standalone as fancy dir commands.

They come with Java source and include:

AllButSVTDirectoriesFilter all but .svn directories
AllDirectoriesFilter  gets all directories
AllFilesFilter        gets all files
ClamFilter            simple wildcard
DirListFilter         gets a list of directories
EndsWithFilter        gets files whose names end with a given string.
EverythingFilter      gets everything
ExtensionListFilter   gets files matching a list of extensions
                      (formerly ExtensionFilter)
FileLengthFilter      gets short or long files
FileListFilter        gets a list of files
                      (used to be called ListFilter)
FilenameLengthFilter  gets short or long filenames
JunkFilter            used to find junk files by name, extension,
                      startsWith or endsWith lists.
MultiFilter           combines other Filters with
                      "consider", "must" and "never".
NoFootFilter          accepts *.html but not *.foot.html
RecentFilter          filters based on lastModified date
RegexFilter           filters with Regex expressions.
RecentFilter          filters based on lastModified date
RegexFilter           filters with Regex expressions.
StandAndEndWithFilter include/exclude depending on start/endings of filenames
StartsWithFilter      gets files whose names start with a given string.

Why that orange disc icon?  It represents a photographic
filter that filters light, is an analogous way the filter
class filters files.


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Version History:

 1.4 2005-06-18 cleaner bat files

 1.5 2005-07-07 displays stats, with
                recursive indenting. converted to Java 1.5 syntax

 1.6 2006-01-01

 1.7 2006-01-01

 1.8 2006-03-13 rewrite with for:each JDK 1.5

 1.9 2007-01-01

 2.0 2007-01-01

 2.1 2007-01-01

 2.2 2007-06-29 Commandline is Iterable, isQuiet, now iterate CommandLine directly.

 2.3 2007-08-27 add JunkFilter

 2.4 2009-02-27 send output to err instead of out so will not contaminate batch data to out.

 2.5 2009-02-28 CommandLine split off in its own package

 2.6 2009-05-10 add StartAndEndWithFilter and NoFootFilter

 2.7 2010-11-22 add optional invert parameter on a number of the filters.

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