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String case insensitive comparison. It has wildcard search implemented, so for example to search for nodes containing NAME, use *name*
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/** | |
* String case insensitive comparison. It has wildcard search implemented, so | |
* for example to search for strings containing NAME somewhere, use *name*. | |
* Strings that start with name and end with .txt use name*.txt | |
* @param str1 String that you will match against. | |
* @param str2 String to search for. | |
* @return True if found | |
*/ | |
private boolean compareStrings(final String str1, final String str2){ | |
String[] split = str2.toLowerCase().split("\\*"); | |
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < split.length; i++) { | |
sb.append(Pattern.quote(split[i])); | |
if (i != split.length - 1) { | |
sb.append(".*"); | |
} | |
} | |
String compareWith = sb.toString(); | |
if(str2.substring(str2.length() - 1).equals("*")){ | |
compareWith = compareWith+".*"; | |
} | |
return str1.toLowerCase().matches(compareWith); | |
} |
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