commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/filter/FalseFileFilter.java

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package org.apache.commons.vfs2.filter;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileFilter;
import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSelectInfo;

/**
 * A file filter that always returns false.
 *
 * @author This code was originally ported from Apache Commons IO File Filter
 * @see "http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/"
 * @since 2.4
 */
public class FalseFileFilter implements FileFilter, Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * Singleton instance of false filter.
     */
    public static final FileFilter FALSE = new FalseFileFilter();

    /**
     * Restrictive constructor.
     */
    protected FalseFileFilter() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns false.
     *
     * @param fileSelectInfo the file to check (ignored)
     *
     * @return Always {@code false}
     */
    @Override
    public boolean accept(final FileSelectInfo fileSelectInfo) {
        return false;
    }

}