org.springframework.util
Class AntPathMatcher

java.lang.Object
  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:

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

Some examples:

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

Since:

16.07.2003

Author:

Alef Arendsen, Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop

Field Summary

static String

DEFAULT_PATH_SEPARATOR Default path separator: "/"

Constructor Summary

AntPathMatcher()

Method Summary

protected boolean	doMatch(String pattern, String path, boolean fullMatch) 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.
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)

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:

• '/docs/cvs/commit.html' and '/docs/cvs/commit.html -> ''
• '/docs/*' and '/docs/cvs/commit -> 'cvs/commit'
• '/docs/cvs/*.html' and '/docs/cvs/commit.html -> 'commit.html'
• '/docs/**' and '/docs/cvs/commit -> 'cvs/commit'
• '/docs/**\/*.html' and '/docs/cvs/commit.html -> 'cvs/commit.html'
• '/*.html' and '/docs/cvs/commit.html -> 'docs/cvs/commit.html'
• '*.html' and '/docs/cvs/commit.html -> '/docs/cvs/commit.html'
• '*' and '/docs/cvs/commit.html -> '/docs/cvs/commit.html'

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)