protected SuffixFileFilter(String filter)
		{
			if (filter == null)
			{
				System.out.println("Invalid Filter: defaulting to *.*");
				filter = ".*";
			}

			if (filter.charAt(0) == '*')
			{
				filter = filter.substring(1, filter.length());
			}
			// System.out.println("filter = " + filter);
			this.filter = filter.toUpperCase();
		}