Java Utililty Methods Wildcard Match

List of utility methods to do Wildcard Match

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Description

The list of methods to do Wildcard Match are organized into topic(s).

Method

booleanwildCardMatch(String text, String pattern)
test the text match the wild char "*" 
if (pattern == null || pattern.length() < 1 || "*".equals(pattern)) {
    return true;
if (text == null || text.length() < 1) {
    return false;
String[] cards = pattern.split("\\*");
for (String card : cards) {
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booleanwildCardMatch(String text, String wildcard)
Performs a WildCard matching for the text and pattern provided. 
if (wildcard == null || text == null) {
    return wildcard == null && text == null;
return text.matches(wildcardToRegex(wildcard));
booleanwildcardMatches(String pattern, String text)
Check if pattern string matches text string. 
text += '\0';
pattern += '\0';
int N = pattern.length();
boolean[] states = new boolean[N + 1];
boolean[] old = new boolean[N + 1];
old[0] = true;
for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
    char c = text.charAt(i);
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