code: def validate(self, path):
          
          # Exclude hidden files and folders with '.' prefix
          if os.path.basename(path).startswith('.'):
              return False
  
          # Check that current path level is more than min path and less than max path
          if not self.check_level(path):
              return False
  
          if self.filters:
              if not self._level_filters(path):
                  return False
  
          # Force include and exclude iterations to be strings in case of integer filters
          # Handle exclusions
          if self.to_exclude:
              if any(str(ex).lower() in path.lower() for ex in self.to_exclude):
                  return False
  
          # Handle inclusions
          if self.to_include:
              if not any(str(inc).lower() in path.lower() for inc in self.to_include):
                  return False
  
          return True
docs: Run path against filter sets and return True if all pass