public static PathFilter getInputPathFilter(JobConf conf) {
    Class<? extends PathFilter> filterClass = conf.getClass(
	"mapred.input.pathFilter.class", null, PathFilter.class);
    return (filterClass != null) ?
        ReflectionUtils.newInstance(filterClass, conf) : null;
  }
public static PathFilter getInputPathFilter ( JobConf conf ) { Class < ? extends PathFilter > filterClass = conf . getClass ( "mapred.input.pathFilter.class" , null , PathFilter . class ) ; return ( filterClass != null ) ? ReflectionUtils . newInstance ( filterClass , conf ) : null ; }
Get a PathFilter instance of the filter set for the input paths.

@return the PathFilter instance set for the job, NULL if none has been set.