Java Wildcard to Regex wildcardToRegex(final String input)

Description

wildcard To Regex

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static String wildcardToRegex(final String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    private static String wildcardToRegex(final String input) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(input.length() + 10);
        sb.append('^');
        for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); ++i) {
            char c = input.charAt(i);
            if (c == '*') {
                sb.append(".*");
            } else if (c == '?') {
                sb.append('.');
            } else if ("\\.[]{}()+-^$|".indexOf(c) >= 0) {
                sb.append('\\');
                sb.append(c);/*  w w w .j a  v a  2  s .  c o  m*/
            } else {
                sb.append(c);
            }
        }
        sb.append('$');
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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4. wildcardToJavaRegexp(String expr)
5. wildcardToRegex(CharSequence s)
6. wildcardToRegex(final String pattern)
7. wildcardToRegex(String toSearch, boolean supportSQLWildcard)
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