Package 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 Details

    • 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:

    • 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: