src/base/strings/string_util.h

// Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
//
// This file defines utility functions for working with strings.

#ifndef BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_
#define BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_

#include "base/basictypes.h"

// Returns true if the string passed in matches the pattern. The pattern
// string can contain wildcards like * and ?
// The backslash character (\) is an escape character for * and ?
// We limit the patterns to having a max of 16 * or ? characters.
// ? matches 0 or 1 character, while * matches 0 or more characters.
bool MatchPattern(const std::string& string,
                  const std::string& pattern);

#endif  // BASE_STRINGS_STRING_UTIL_H_