base/strings/pattern.h

   1 // Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
   2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
   3 // found in the LICENSE file.
   4
   5 #ifndef BASE_STRINGS_PATTERN_H_
   6 #define BASE_STRINGS_PATTERN_H_
   7
   8 #include "base/base_export.h"
   9 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
  10
  11 namespace base {
  12
  13 // Returns true if the string passed in matches the pattern. The pattern
  14 // string can contain wildcards like * and ?
  15 //
  16 // The backslash character (\) is an escape character for * and ?
  17 // We limit the patterns to having a max of 16 * or ? characters.
  18 // ? matches 0 or 1 character, while * matches 0 or more characters.
  19 BASE_EXPORT bool MatchPattern(const StringPiece& string,
  20                               const StringPiece& pattern);
  21 BASE_EXPORT bool MatchPattern(const StringPiece16& string,
  22                               const StringPiece16& pattern);
  23
  24 }  // namespace base
  25
  26 #endif  // BASE_STRINGS_PATTERN_H_