Module java.base

Package java.nio.file

Interface PathMatcher

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface PathMatcher

An interface that is implemented by objects that perform match operations on paths.

Since:

1.7

See Also:

FileSystem.getPathMatcher(java.lang.String), Files.newDirectoryStream(Path,String)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	matches(Path path)	Tells if given path matches this matcher's pattern.

Method Details

matches

boolean matches(Path path)

Tells if given path matches this matcher's pattern.

Parameters:

path - the path to match

Returns:

true if, and only if, the path matches this matcher's pattern