plugins/org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.search/src/org/eclipse/wst/sse/sieditor/search/provider/WildcardStringMatcher.java

package org.eclipse.wst.sse.sieditor.search.provider;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class WildcardStringMatcher {

    public static boolean matches(String wildcard, String input) {
        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(wildcardAsRegex("*" + wildcard.toLowerCase() + "*")); //$NON-NLS-1$//$NON-NLS-2$
        Matcher m = p.matcher(input.toLowerCase());
        return m.matches();
    }

    private static String wildcardAsRegex(String wildcard) {
        StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(wildcard.length() * 110 / 100);
        for (int i = 0; i < wildcard.length(); i++) {
            final char c = wildcard.charAt(i);
            switch (c) {
            case '*':
                stringBuilder.append(".*?"); //$NON-NLS-1$
                break;
            case '?':
                stringBuilder.append("."); //$NON-NLS-1$
                break;
            case '$':
            case '(':
            case ')':
            case '+':
            case '-':
            case '.':
            case '[':
            case '\\':
            case ']':
            case '^':
            case '{':
            case '|':
            case '}':
                stringBuilder.append('\\');
                stringBuilder.append(c);
                break;
            default:
                stringBuilder.append(c);
                break;
            }
        }

        return stringBuilder.toString();
    }
}