org.springframework.util
Class AntPathMatcher

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.springframework.util.AntPathMatcher
All Implemented Interfaces:
PathMatcher

public class AntPathMatcher
extends Object
implements PathMatcher

PathMatcher implementation for Ant-style path patterns. Examples are provided below.

Part of this mapping code has been kindly borrowed from Apache Ant.

The mapping matches URLs using the following rules:

Some examples:

Since:
16.07.2003
Author:
Alef Arendsen, Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop, Arjen Poutsma

Field Summary
static String DEFAULT_PATH_SEPARATOR
          Default path separator: "/"
 
Constructor Summary
AntPathMatcher()
           
 
Method Summary
 String combine(String pattern1, String pattern2)
          Combines two patterns into a new pattern that is returned.
protected  boolean doMatch(String pattern, String path, boolean fullMatch, Map<String,String> uriTemplateVariables)
          Actually match the given path against the given pattern.
 String extractPathWithinPattern(String pattern, String path)
          Given a pattern and a full path, determine the pattern-mapped part.
 Map<String,String> extractUriTemplateVariables(String pattern, String path)
          Given a pattern and a full path, extract the URI template variables.
 Comparator<String> getPatternComparator(String path)
          Given a full path, returns a Comparator suitable for sorting patterns in order of explicitness.
 boolean isPattern(String path)
          Does the given path represent a pattern that can be matched by an implementation of this interface?
 boolean match(String pattern, String path)
          Match the given path against the given pattern, according to this PathMatcher's matching strategy.
 boolean matchStart(String pattern, String path)
          Match the given path against the corresponding part of the given pattern, according to this PathMatcher's matching strategy.
 void setPathSeparator(String pathSeparator)
          Set the path separator to use for pattern parsing.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

DEFAULT_PATH_SEPARATOR

public static final String DEFAULT_PATH_SEPARATOR
Default path separator: "/"

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

AntPathMatcher

public AntPathMatcher()
Method Detail

setPathSeparator

public void setPathSeparator(String pathSeparator)
Set the path separator to use for pattern parsing. Default is "/", as in Ant.


isPattern

public boolean isPattern(String path)
Description copied from interface: PathMatcher
Does the given path represent a pattern that can be matched by an implementation of this interface?

If the return value is false, then the PathMatcher.match(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) method does not have to be used because direct equality comparisons on the static path Strings will lead to the same result.

Specified by:
isPattern in interface PathMatcher
Parameters:
path - the path String to check
Returns:
true if the given path represents a pattern

match

public boolean match(String pattern,
                     String path)
Description copied from interface: PathMatcher
Match the given path against the given pattern, according to this PathMatcher's matching strategy.

Specified by:
match in interface PathMatcher
Parameters:
pattern - the pattern to match against
path - the path String to test
Returns:
true if the supplied path matched, false if it didn't

matchStart

public boolean matchStart(String pattern,
                          String path)
Description copied from interface: PathMatcher
Match the given path against the corresponding part of the given pattern, according to this PathMatcher's matching strategy.

Determines whether the pattern at least matches as far as the given base path goes, assuming that a full path may then match as well.

Specified by:
matchStart in interface PathMatcher
Parameters:
pattern - the pattern to match against
path - the path String to test
Returns:
true if the supplied path matched, false if it didn't

doMatch

protected boolean doMatch(String pattern,
                          String path,
                          boolean fullMatch,
                          Map<String,String> uriTemplateVariables)
Actually match the given path against the given pattern.

Parameters:
pattern - the pattern to match against
path - the path String to test
fullMatch - whether a full pattern match is required (else a pattern match as far as the given base path goes is sufficient)
Returns:
true if the supplied path matched, false if it didn't

extractPathWithinPattern

public String extractPathWithinPattern(String pattern,
                                       String path)
Given a pattern and a full path, determine the pattern-mapped part.

For example:

Assumes that match(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) returns true for 'pattern' and 'path', but does not enforce this.

Specified by:
extractPathWithinPattern in interface PathMatcher
Parameters:
pattern - the path pattern
path - the full path to introspect
Returns:
the pattern-mapped part of the given path (never null)

extractUriTemplateVariables

public Map<String,String> extractUriTemplateVariables(String pattern,
                                                      String path)
Description copied from interface: PathMatcher
Given a pattern and a full path, extract the URI template variables. URI template variables are expressed through curly brackets ('{' and '}').

For example: For pattern "/hotels/{hotel}" and path "/hotels/1", this method will return a map containing "hotel"->"1".

Specified by:
extractUriTemplateVariables in interface PathMatcher
Parameters:
pattern - the path pattern, possibly containing URI templates
path - the full path to extract template variables from
Returns:
a map, containing variable names as keys; variables values as values

combine

public String combine(String pattern1,
                      String pattern2)
Combines two patterns into a new pattern that is returned.

This implementation simply concatenates the two patterns, unless the first pattern contains a file extension match (such as *.html. In that case, the second pattern should be included in the first, or an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

For example:

Pattern 1Pattern 2Result
/hotelsnull/hotels
null/hotels/hotels
/hotels/bookings/hotels/bookings
/hotelsbookings/hotels/bookings
/hotels/*/bookings/hotels/bookings
/hotels/**/bookings/hotels/**/bookings
/hotels{hotel}/hotels/{hotel}
/hotels/*{hotel}/hotels/{hotel}
/hotels/**{hotel}/hotels/**/{hotel}
/*.html/hotels.html/hotels.html
/*.html/hotels/hotels.html
/*.html/*.txtIllegalArgumentException

Specified by:
combine in interface PathMatcher
Parameters:
pattern1 - the first pattern
pattern2 - the second pattern
Returns:
the combination of the two patterns
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - when the two patterns cannot be combined

getPatternComparator

public Comparator<String> getPatternComparator(String path)
Given a full path, returns a Comparator suitable for sorting patterns in order of explicitness.

The returned Comparator will sort a list so that more specific patterns (without uri templates or wild cards) come before generic patterns. So given a list with the following patterns:

  1. /hotels/new
  2. /hotels/{hotel}
  3. /hotels/*
the returned comparator will sort this list so that the order will be as indicated.

The full path given as parameter is used to test for exact matches. So when the given path is /hotels/2, the pattern /hotels/2 will be sorted before /hotels/1.

Specified by:
getPatternComparator in interface PathMatcher
Parameters:
path - the full path to use for comparison
Returns:
a comparator capable of sorting patterns in order of explicitness