Java Utililty Methods Regex Create

String toRegex(String includes)
to Regex

return includes == null ? ".*" : includes.replace(".", "/").replace("*", ".*");

String toRegEx(String input)
Convert the incoming string to a regular expression.

return input.replace(".", "\\.").replace("*", ".*");

String toRegex(String name)
Computes the regular expression corresponding to a package or class name, by escaping dots.

return name.replace(STRING_DOT, REGEX_DOT);

String toRegex(String param)
Convert the string into a regex to allow easy matching.

StringBuffer regex = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < param.length(); i++) {
 char next = param.charAt(i);
 if ('*' == next)
 regex.append(".+"); 
 else if ('?' == next)
 regex.append("."); 
 else if ('.' == next)
...

String toRegex(String wildcard)
convert wild card to regular expression

String converted = "^" + wildcard.replaceAll("(^|/)\\*\\*/", "@@").replaceAll("(^|/)\\*\\*", "@@")
 .replaceAll("\\.", "\\\\.").replaceAll("\\*", "[^/]*").replaceAll("\\?", ".");
if (converted.contains("@@")) {
 converted = converted.replaceAll("@@", "(.*/)?") + "((^|/).*)?$";
return converted;

String toRegExFormat(String pattern)
Converts wildcard format ('*' and '?') to reg-ex format.

StringBuffer regex = new StringBuffer(pattern.length());
boolean escaped = false;
boolean quoting = false;
for (int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); i++) {
 char c = pattern.charAt(i);
 if (c == '*' && !escaped) {
 if (quoting) {
 regex.append("\\E");
...

String toRegexPattern(String filter)
Convert filter to a regular expression

StringBuffer pattern = new StringBuffer(".*"); 
boolean isWaitingForEndQuote = false;
for (int i = 0; i < filter.length(); i++) {
 char c = filter.charAt(i);
 if (c == '*' || c == '?') {
 if (isWaitingForEndQuote) {
 pattern.append("\\E"); 
 isWaitingForEndQuote = false;
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String toRegexPattern(String pattern)
Converts a pattern string with '*' and '?'

int patternLength = pattern.length();
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(patternLength);
boolean escaped = false;
boolean quoting = false;
for (int i = 0; i < patternLength; i++) {
 char ch = pattern.charAt(i);
 switch (ch) {
 case '*': {
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