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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.integration.file.filters;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * {@link FileListFilter} implementation that ignores any hidden files. Uses
+ * {@link File#isHidden()} to make that determination.
+ *
+ * @author Gunnar Hillert
+ * @since 4.2
+ */
+public class IgnoreHiddenFileListFilter extends AbstractFileListFilter<File> {
+
+	/**
+	 * @return Returns {@code true} for any non-hidden files.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected boolean accept(File file) {
+		return !file.isHidden();
+	}
+
+}