--- projects/cms/source/util/uk/org/iscream/cms/util/StringUtils.java	2001/05/29 17:02:35	1.4
+++ projects/cms/source/util/uk/org/iscream/cms/util/StringUtils.java	2001/12/11 17:23:54	1.6
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.util.*;
  * String objects.
  *
  * @author  $Author: tdb $
- * @version $Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.4 2001/05/29 17:02:35 tdb Exp $
+ * @version $Id: StringUtils.java,v 1.6 2001/12/11 17:23:54 tdb Exp $
  */
 public class StringUtils {
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
     /**
      * The current CVS revision of this class
      */
-    public static final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.4 $";
+    public static final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.6 $";
     
 //---STATIC METHODS---
 
@@ -64,6 +64,91 @@ public class StringUtils {
             }
         }
         return -1;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Checks if a given string matches a
+     * wildcard expression. For example:<br>
+     * <br>
+     * Given "testingstring"<br>
+     * And   "test*ing"<br>
+     * <br>
+     * This method would return true as there is a match.
+     * 
+     * @param in the string to check
+     * @param expression the wildcard expression to match against
+     *
+     * @return if there is a match
+     */
+    public static boolean wildcardMatch(String in, String expression) {
+        // check actually has wildcards
+        if(expression.indexOf("*") != -1) {
+            StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(expression, "*");
+            String part = "";
+            int index = 0;
+            // the first token will be everything at the start
+            // unless it starts with a wildcard
+            // -- if it starts with a wildcard the start
+            //    will always match
+            if(!expression.startsWith("*")) {
+                part = st.nextToken();
+                if (in.startsWith(part)) {
+                    index = part.length();
+                }
+                else {
+                    // doesn't start with the first part
+                    // can't be a match
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
+                part = st.nextToken();
+                // if the next section can't be matched
+                // then this isn't in the input string
+                if(in.substring(index).indexOf(part) == -1) {
+                    // we don't want to look through any more of it
+                    // can't be a match if this part isn't there
+                    return false;
+                }
+                else {
+                    // move index pointer to start of the "rest"
+                    // where the rest is everything after what we just matched
+                    index += in.substring(index).indexOf(part) + part.length();
+                }
+            }
+            // if we reach here and we've found a match
+            // we want to check that the last part
+            // of the wildcard string is the last part
+            // of the input string, if it is, we break out
+            // and finish as we've found a match.
+            // if the end of the wildcard is a *, then
+            // we don't care
+            if (!expression.endsWith("*")) {
+                if ((in.endsWith(part))) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+                else {
+                    // doesn't end with the first part
+                    // can't be a match
+                    return false;
+                }
+            // ends with a *, so it matches the
+            // end regardless
+            }
+            else {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        else if(in.equals(expression)) {
+            // might as well do a check if they're the same
+            // bit daft to call this whole method if they are though :)
+            return true;
+        }
+        else {
+            // obviously doesn't match if it's not a wildcard
+            // expression or isn't equal :)
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
 //---CONSTRUCTORS---