org.springframework.util
Class PathMatcher

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.util.PathMatcher

public abstract class PathMatcher

extends java.lang.Object

Utility for matching paths with patterns in an Ant-like way. Examples are provided below. Part of this mapping code has been kindly borrowed from Ant (http://ant.apache.org).

The mapping matches urls using the following rules:

• '*' matches zero or more characters
• '?' matches one characters
• ** matches zero or more 'directories' in a path

Some examples:

• com/**\/test.jsp - matches all test.jsp path underneath the com path
• org/springframework/**\/*.jsp - matches all .jsp files underneath the org/springframework path
• com/t?st.jsp - matches test.jsp but also tast.jsp or txst.jsp
• com/**\/servlet/bla.jsp - matches org/springframework/servlet/bla.jsp but also org/springframework/testing/servlet/bla.jsp and com/servlet/bla.jsp

Author:

Alef Arendsen

Constructor Summary

PathMatcher()

Method Summary

static boolean

match(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String str) Matches a strign agains the given pattern

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PathMatcher

public PathMatcher()

Method Detail

match

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

Matches a strign agains the given pattern

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern to match against

str - the string to test

Returns:

true is the arguments matched, false otherwise