org.eclipse.ui.actions

Class SimpleWildcardTester

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.actions.SimpleWildcardTester

public final class SimpleWildcardTester
extends java.lang.Object

Implements an algorithm for very simple pattern matching in a string. There is only one feature: "*" may be used at the start or the end of the pattern to represent "one or more characters".

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleWildcardTester()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	testWildcard(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String str) Returns whether a string matches a particular pattern.
static boolean	testWildcardIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String str) Returns whether a string matches a particular pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleWildcardTester

public SimpleWildcardTester()

Method Detail

testWildcard

public static boolean testWildcard(java.lang.String pattern,
                                   java.lang.String str)

Returns whether a string matches a particular pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - the input pattern

str - the string to test

Returns:

true if a match occurs; falseotherwise.

testWildcardIgnoreCase

public static boolean testWildcardIgnoreCase(java.lang.String pattern,
                                             java.lang.String str)

Returns whether a string matches a particular pattern. Both string and pattern are converted to lower case before pattern matching occurs.

Parameters:

pattern - the input pattern

str - the string to test

Returns:

true if a match occurs; falseotherwise.