core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/WildcardUtil.java

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package com.opensymphony.xwork2.util;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * Helper class to convert wildcard expression to regular expression
 */
public class WildcardUtil {

    /**
     * Convert wildcard pattern to Pattern
     * @param pattern String containing wildcard pattern
     * @return compiled regular expression as a Pattern
     */
    public static Pattern compileWildcardPattern(String pattern) {
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(pattern);

        for (int i=buf.length()-1; i>=0; i--)
        {
            char c = buf.charAt(i);
            if (c == '*' && (i == 0 || buf.charAt(i-1) != '\\'))
            {
                buf.insert(i+1, '?');
                buf.insert(i, '.');
            }
            else if (c == '*')
            {
                i--;	// skip backslash, too
            }
            else if (needsBackslashToBeLiteralInRegex(c))
            {
                buf.insert(i, '\\');
            }
        }

        return Pattern.compile(buf.toString());
    }

    /**
     * @param c character to test
     * @return true if the given character must be escaped to be a literal
     * inside a regular expression.
     */

    private static final String theSpecialRegexCharList = ".[]\\?*+{}|()^$";

    public static boolean needsBackslashToBeLiteralInRegex(
        char c)
    {
        return (theSpecialRegexCharList.indexOf(c) >= 0);
    }

}