Method compileMatchPattern

Utils/src/eu/the5zig/util/Utils.java:494–509

(String match)

	}

	public static Pattern compileMatchPattern(String match) {
		// replace duplicate stars
		// match = match.replaceAll("(\\*)\\1+", "*");

		// replace any pair of backslashes by [*]
		match = match.replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)(\\\\\\\\)+(?!\\\\)", "*");
		// minimize unescaped redundant wildcards
		match = match.replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)[?]*[*][*?]+", "*");
		// escape unescaped regexps special chars, but [\], [?] and [*]
		match = match.replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)([|\\[\\]{}(),.^$+-])", "\\\\$1");
		// replace unescaped [?] by [.?]
		match = match.replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)[?]", "(.?)");
		// replace unescaped [*] by [.*]
		match = match.replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)[*]", "(.*)");
		return Pattern.compile(match, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
	}

	public static String escapeStringForRegex(String string) {
		// escape unescaped regexps special chars