org.knime.base.util

Class WildcardMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.knime.base.util.WildcardMatcher

public final class WildcardMatcher
extends Object

Simple class to convert wildcard patterns into regular expressions.

Author:

Thorsten Meinl, University of Konstanz

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	wildcardToRegex(String wildcard) Converts a wildcard pattern containing '*' and '?' as meta characters into a regular expression.
static String	wildcardToRegex(String wildcard, boolean enableEscaping) Converts a wildcard pattern containing '*' and '?' as meta characters into a regular expression.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

wildcardToRegex

public static String wildcardToRegex(String wildcard)

Converts a wildcard pattern containing '*' and '?' as meta characters into a regular expression.

Parameters:

wildcard - a wildcard expression

Returns:

the corresponding regular expression

wildcardToRegex

public static String wildcardToRegex(String wildcard,
                                     boolean enableEscaping)

Converts a wildcard pattern containing '*' and '?' as meta characters into a regular expression. Optionally, the backslash can be enabled as escape character for the wildcards. In this case a backslash has a special meaning and needs may need to be escaped itself.

Parameters:

wildcard - a wildcard expression

enableEscaping - true if the wildcards may be escaped (i.e. they loose their special meaning) by prepending a backslash

Returns:

the corresponding regular expression

Since:

2.8