PathMatcher

public interface PathMatcher

java.nio.file.PathMatcher

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

See also:

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

Summary

Public methods
`abstract boolean`	`matches(Path path)` Tells if given path matches this matcher's pattern.

Public methods

matches

Added in API level 26

 public abstract boolean matches (Path path)

Tells if given path matches this matcher's pattern.

Parameters
`path`	`Path`: the path to match

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

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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.