school/cs240/src/listem/LineCounter.java

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package listem;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Map;
public interface LineCounter {
/**
* Count the number of lines in files whose names match a given pattern.
*
* @param directory The base directory to look at files from
* @param fileSelectionPattern Pattern for selecting file names
* @param recursive Recursively search through directories
* @return A Map containing files whose lines were counted. Each file is mapped
* to an integer which is the number of lines counted in the file.
*/
public Map<File, Integer> countLines(File directory, String fileSelectionPattern,
boolean recursive);
}