FileSet

All Superinterfaces:

BaseFileSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFileSet
```
public interface FileSet
extends BaseFileSet
```
A file set, which consists of the files and directories in a common base directory.

Since:

1.0-alpha-9

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.io.File`	`getDirectory()`	Returns the file sets base directory.
`default boolean`	`isFollowingSymLinks()`	Returns whether symbolic links below the base directory are followed.

Methods inherited from interface org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.BaseFileSet
getExcludes, getFileMappers, getFileSelectors, getIncludes, getPrefix, getStreamTransformer, isCaseSensitive, isIncludingEmptyDirectories, isUsingDefaultExcludes

- Method Detail
  - getDirectory
```
java.io.File getDirectory()
```
    Returns the file sets base directory.
  - isFollowingSymLinks
```
default boolean isFollowingSymLinks()
```
    Returns whether symbolic links below the base directory are followed.
    When false (the default), a symbolic link is added to the archive as a link and the contents of a linked directory are not scanned. When true, links are resolved: a linked directory is added as a directory and its target's contents are included.
    Following links means the scan can descend into a directory that links back to one of its own ancestors, so only enable it for trees known not to contain such cycles.
    
    Since:
    
    4.14.0