Package org.eclipse.jgit.ignore

Interface IMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMatcher, LeadingAsteriskMatcher, NameMatcher, PathMatcher, TrailingAsteriskMatcher, WildCardMatcher, WildMatcher

public interface IMatcher

Generic path matcher.

Since:

5.7

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static IMatcher	NO_MATCH	Matcher that does not match any pattern.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static IMatcher	createPathMatcher(String pattern, boolean dirOnly)	Creates a path matcher for the given pattern.
boolean	matches(String path, boolean assumeDirectory, boolean pathMatch)	Matches entire given string
boolean	matches(String segment, int startIncl, int endExcl)	Matches only part of given string

Field Detail

NO_MATCH

static final IMatcher NO_MATCH

Matcher that does not match any pattern.

Method Detail

createPathMatcher

@NonNull
static IMatcher createPathMatcher(@NonNull
                                  String pattern,
                                  boolean dirOnly)
                           throws InvalidPatternException

Creates a path matcher for the given pattern. A pattern may contain the wildcards "?", "*", and "**". The directory separator is '/'.

Parameters:

pattern - to match

dirOnly - whether to match only directories

Returns:

a matcher for the given pattern

Throws:

InvalidPatternException - if the pattern is invalid

matches

boolean matches(String path,
                boolean assumeDirectory,
                boolean pathMatch)

Matches entire given string

Parameters:

path - string which is not null, but might be empty

assumeDirectory - true to assume this path as directory (even if it doesn't end with a slash)

pathMatch - true if the match is for the full path: prefix-only matches are not allowed

Returns:

true if this matcher pattern matches given string

matches

boolean matches(String segment,
                int startIncl,
                int endExcl)

Matches only part of given string

Parameters:

segment - string which is not null, but might be empty

startIncl - start index, inclusive

endExcl - end index, exclusive

Returns:

true if this matcher pattern matches given string