gateway-util-common/src/main/java/org/apache/knox/gateway/util/RegExUtils.java

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package org.apache.knox.gateway.util;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class RegExUtils {
  /**
   * Checks for a match of a given string against
   * a whitelist of semi-colon separated regex patterns.
   * @param whitelist - semi-colon separated patterns
   * @param tomatch - the string to match against list
   * @return true for a match otherwise false
   */
  public static boolean checkWhitelist(String whitelist, String tomatch) {
    String[] patterns = whitelist.split(";");
    for (String patternString : patterns) {
      Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternString);
      Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(tomatch);
      if (matcher.matches()) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

}