MatchPattern (Apache Maven Shared Utils 3.3.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.maven.shared.utils.io.MatchPattern

```
public class MatchPattern
extends java.lang.Object
```
Describes a match target for SelectorUtils.
Significantly more efficient than using strings, since re-evaluation and re-tokenizing is avoided.

Author:

Kristian Rosenvold

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static MatchPattern`	`fromString(java.lang.String source)`
`java.lang.String[]`	`getTokenizedPathString()`
`boolean`	`matchPath(java.lang.String str, boolean isCaseSensitive)`
`boolean`	`matchPatternStart(java.lang.String str, boolean isCaseSensitive)`
`boolean`	`startsWith(java.lang.String string)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - matchPath
```
public boolean matchPath(java.lang.String str,
                         boolean isCaseSensitive)
```
    Parameters:
    
    str - The string to match for.
    
    isCaseSensitive - case sensitive true false otherwise.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if matches false otherwise.
  - matchPatternStart
```
public boolean matchPatternStart(@Nonnull
                                 java.lang.String str,
                                 boolean isCaseSensitive)
```
    Parameters:
    
    str - The string to check.
    
    isCaseSensitive - Check case sensitive or not.
    
    Returns:
    
    true in case of matching pattern.
  - getTokenizedPathString
```
public java.lang.String[] getTokenizedPathString()
```
    Returns:
    
    Tokenized string.
  - startsWith
```
public boolean startsWith(java.lang.String string)
```
    Parameters:
    
    string - The part which will be checked to start with.
    
    Returns:
    
    true in case of starting with the string false otherwise.
  - fromString
```
public static MatchPattern fromString(java.lang.String source)
```
    Parameters:
    
    source - The source.
    
    Returns:
    
    The match pattern.