public interface PatternMatcher<E>
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| E | compilePattern(String data) Translate the given  Stringinto an object
 representing the pattern matchable by this class. | 
| boolean | isLiteral(String pattern)Determines if the pattern is a simple literal string or contains wildcards that will need to be processed | 
| boolean | match(Map<String,String> map,
     String data,
     E expr)Match a pattern against a string | 
boolean isLiteral(String pattern)
pattern - The string patternE compilePattern(String data)
 Translate the given String into an object
 representing the pattern matchable by this class.
data - The string to translate.NullPointerException - If data is null.Copyright © 2000–2025 Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.