org.springframework.util public class AntPathMatcher
implements PathMatcher

PathMatcher implementation for Ant-style path patterns.
Part of this mapping code has been kindly borrowed from Apache Ant .
The mapping matches URLs using the following rules:

​​?​​​ matches one character
​​​*​​​ matches zero or more characters
​​​**​​​ matches zero or more directories in a path
​​​{spring:[a-z]+}​​​ matches the ​​regexp [a-z]+​​ as a path variable named "spring"

Examples

​​com/t?st.js​​​p — matches ​​com/test.jsp​​​ but also ​​com/tast.jsp​​​ or ​​com/txst.jsp​​​​com/*.jsp​​ — matches all ​​.jsp​​ files in the com directory

​​com/**/test.jsp​​​ — matches all ​​test.jsp​​ files underneath the com path

​​org/springframework/**/*.jsp​​​ — matches all ​​.jsp​​​ files underneath the ​​org/springframework​​ path

​​org/**/servlet/bla.jsp​​​ — matches ​​org/springframework/servlet/bla.jsp​​​ but also ​​org/springframework/testing/servlet/bla.jsp​​​ and ​​org/servlet/bla.jsp​​

​​com/{filename:\\w+}.jsp​​​ will match ​​com/test.jsp​​ and assign the value test to the filename variable

Note: a pattern and a path must both be absolute or must both be relative in order for the two to match. Therefore it is recommended that users of this implementation to sanitize patterns in order to prefix them with "/" as it makes sense in the context in which they're used.
Since:
16.07.2003