PatternUtils.java

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package org.thymeleaf.util;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;



/**
 * 
 * @author Daniel Fernández
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 *
 */
public final class PatternUtils {
    
    

    public static Pattern strPatternToPattern(final String pattern) {
        final String pat = 
            pattern.replace(".", "\\.").replace("(", "\\(").replace(")", "\\)").
                replace("[","\\[").replace("]","\\]").replace("?","\\?").replace("$","\\$").replace("+","\\+").
                replace("*","(?:.*?)");
        return Pattern.compile('^' + pat + '$');
    }
    
    
    
    private PatternUtils() {
        super();
    }
    
}