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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.apache.commons.io.filefilter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * This filter produces a logical NOT of the filters specified.
+ *
+ * @since 1.0
+ * @see FileFilterUtils#notFileFilter(IOFileFilter)
+ */
+public class NotFileFilter extends AbstractFileFilter implements Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6131563330944994230L;
+
+    /** The filter */
+    private final IOFileFilter filter;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new file filter that NOTs the result of another filter.
+     *
+     * @param filter the filter, must not be null
+     * @throws NullPointerException if the filter is null
+     */
+    public NotFileFilter(final IOFileFilter filter) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(filter, "filter");
+        this.filter = filter;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the logical NOT of the underlying filter's return value for the same File.
+     *
+     * @param file the File to check
+     * @return true if the filter returns false
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean accept(final File file) {
+        return !filter.accept(file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the logical NOT of the underlying filter's return value for the same arguments.
+     *
+     * @param file the File directory
+     * @param name the file name
+     * @return true if the filter returns false
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean accept(final File file, final String name) {
+        return !filter.accept(file, name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the logical NOT of the underlying filter's return value for the same File.
+     * @param file the File to check
+     *
+     * @return true if the filter returns false
+     * @since 2.9.0
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FileVisitResult accept(final Path file, final BasicFileAttributes attributes) {
+        return not(filter.accept(file, attributes));
+    }
+
+    private FileVisitResult not(final FileVisitResult accept) {
+        return accept == FileVisitResult.CONTINUE ? FileVisitResult.TERMINATE : FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provide a String representation of this file filter.
+     *
+     * @return a String representation
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "NOT (" + filter.toString() + ")";
+    }
+
+}