Class PatternMatchUtils

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.integration.support.utils.PatternMatchUtils

public final class PatternMatchUtils
extends Object

Utility methods for pattern matching. This utilities provide support of negative pattern matching as well unlike PatternMatchUtils.

Since:

5.0

Author:

Meherzad Lahewala, Artem Bilan

See Also:

• PatternMatchUtils

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Boolean	smartMatch(String str, String... patterns)	Pattern match against the supplied patterns; also supports negated ('!') patterns.
static Boolean	smartMatchIgnoreCase(String str, String... patterns)	Pattern match against the supplied patterns ignoring case; also supports negated ('!') patterns.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

smartMatchIgnoreCase

public static Boolean smartMatchIgnoreCase(String str,
 String... patterns)

Pattern match against the supplied patterns ignoring case; also supports negated ('!') patterns. First match wins (positive or negative). To match the names starting with ! symbol, you have to escape it prepending with the \ symbol in the pattern definition.

Parameters:

str - the string to match.

patterns - the patterns.

Returns:

true for positive match; false for negative; null if no pattern matches.

Since:

5.0.5

See Also:

• PatternMatchUtils.simpleMatch(String[], String)

smartMatch

public static Boolean smartMatch(String str,
 String... patterns)

Pattern match against the supplied patterns; also supports negated ('!') patterns. First match wins (positive or negative). To match the names starting with ! symbol, you have to escape it prepending with the \ symbol in the pattern definition.

Parameters:

str - the string to match.

patterns - the patterns.

Returns:

true for positive match; false for negative; null if no pattern matches.

See Also:

• PatternMatchUtils.simpleMatch(String[], String)