commit 88e938e51743f5d42dbf1d0498f11caf6725ad97
Author: manfromhuh <manfromhuh@memeware.net>
Date:   Thu Aug 19 09:35:39 2021 -0400

    Initial commit

diff --git a/src/picture_lister/Picture_Lister.java b/src/picture_lister/Picture_Lister.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 manfromhuh <manfromhuh@memeware.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+package picture_lister;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author manfromhuh <manfromhuh@memeware.net>
+ */
+public class Picture_Lister {
+    /**
+     * A directory path is passed as a string and a String[] is returned containing the paths of all the files matching
+     * the desired extension. The desired extension or extensions can be pass as a String[].
+     * @param picture_dir String containing the path to the directory to be queried.
+     * @param file_types String[] containing the file paths to be parsed for. If it is blank it will use the defaults of
+     *                   ".png", ".jpg", and ".gif".
+     * @return Returns a String[] with the full paths to all files matching the extensions provided in the given directory.
+     */
+    public static String[] list(String picture_dir,String[] file_types) {
+        if (file_types.length == 0){//Check for input
+            System.out.println("No input.\nExiting...");
+            return null;
+        }
+        //String picture_dir = file_types[0];
+        List<String> file_format = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (file_types.length > 1){//Check if any arguments other than the path have been passed.
+            file_format.addAll(Arrays.asList(file_types).subList(1, file_types.length));
+        } else {//The default formats to look for if none are given.
+            file_format.add(".jpg");
+            file_format.add(".png");
+            file_format.add(".gif");
+        }
+        System.out.println(picture_dir);
+        //Creating a File object for directory
+        File directoryPath = new File(picture_dir);
+        FilenameFilter picture_filter = (dir, name) -> {//lambda to filter files by extension
+            if(name.lastIndexOf('.')>0) {
+                String[] include = file_format.toArray(new String[0]);
+                // get last index for '.' char
+                int lastIndex = name.lastIndexOf('.');
+
+                // get extension
+                String str = name.substring(lastIndex);
+
+                // match path name extension
+                for (String place_holder : include) {
+                    if (str.equalsIgnoreCase(place_holder)) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        };
+        if (directoryPath.isDirectory()) {
+            System.out.println("Listing directory...\n");
+            //List of all files and directories
+            File[] contents = directoryPath.listFiles(picture_filter);
+            System.out.println("List of files and directories in the specified directory:");
+            String[] file_paths = new String[Objects.requireNonNull(contents).length];
+            //for (File content : Objects.requireNonNull(contents)) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < contents.length; i++){
+                //System.out.println(content);
+                file_paths[0] = Arrays.toString(contents);
+            }
+            return file_paths;
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("Not a directory.\nExiting...");
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+}