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  • Graeme Rocher 
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package io.micronaut.core.util;


Interface for components that can match source strings against a specified pattern string.


Different implementations can support different pattern types, for example, Ant style path expressions, or
regular expressions, or other types of text based patterns.

Since:1.0
/**
 * Interface for components that can match source strings against a specified pattern string.
 * <p/>
 * Different implementations can support different pattern types, for example, Ant style path expressions, or
 * regular expressions, or other types of text based patterns.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface PathMatcher {
    
The default Ant style patch matcher.

/**
     * The default Ant style patch matcher.
     */
    AntPathMatcher ANT = new AntPathMatcher();

    
Returns true if the given source matches the specified pattern,
false otherwise.

Params:
  • pattern – the pattern to match against
  • source –  the source to match
Returns:true if the given source matches the specified pattern,
false otherwise.
/**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the given <code>source</code> matches the specified <code>pattern</code>,
     * <code>false</code> otherwise.
     *
     * @param pattern the pattern to match against
     * @param source  the source to match
     * @return <code>true</code> if the given <code>source</code> matches the specified <code>pattern</code>,
     * <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    boolean matches(String pattern, String source);
}