org.apache.jackrabbit.commons
Class ItemNameMatcher

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jackrabbit.commons.ItemNameMatcher

public final class ItemNameMatcher
extends Object

Utility for name matching such as required for Node.getNodes(String), Node.getNodes(String[]), Node.getProperties(String]) and Node.getProperties(String[]).

Method Summary

static boolean	matches(String name, String pattern) Matches the name pattern against the specified name.
static boolean	matches(String name, String[] nameGlobs) Matches the nameGlob strings in the passed array against the specified name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

matches

public static boolean matches(String name,
                              String pattern)

Matches the name pattern against the specified name.

The pattern may be a full name or a partial name with one or more wildcard characters ("*"), or a disjunction (using the "|" character to represent logical OR) of these. For example,

"jcr:*|foo:bar"

would match

"foo:bar", but also "jcr:whatever".

 The EBNF for pattern is:

 namePattern ::= disjunct {'|' disjunct}
 disjunct ::= name [':' name]
 name ::= '*' |
          ['*'] fragment {'*' fragment}['*']
 fragment ::= char {char}
 char ::= nonspace | ' '
 nonspace ::= (* Any Unicode character except:
               '/', ':', '[', ']', '*',
               ''', '"', '|' or any whitespace
               character *)
 

Note that leading and trailing whitespace around a pattern is ignored.

Parameters:

name - the name to test the pattern with

pattern - the pattern to be matched against the name

Returns:

true if the specified name matches the pattern

See Also:

Node.getNodes(String)

matches

public static boolean matches(String name,
                              String[] nameGlobs)

Matches the nameGlob strings in the passed array against the specified name.

A glob may be a full name or a partial name with one or more wildcard characters ("*").

Note that unlike in the case of the matches(String, String) leading and trailing whitespace around a glob is not ignored.

Parameters:

name - the name to test the pattern with

nameGlobs - an array of globbing strings

Returns:

true if the specified name matches any of the globs

See Also:

Node.getNodes(String[])