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+// Copyright 2015 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. |
+ |
+#ifndef BASE_STRINGS_PATTERN_H_ |
+#define BASE_STRINGS_PATTERN_H_ |
+ |
+#include "base/base_export.h" |
+#include "base/strings/string_piece.h" |
+ |
+namespace base { |
+ |
+// 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. |
+BASE_EXPORT bool MatchPattern(const StringPiece& string, |
+ const StringPiece& pattern); |
+BASE_EXPORT bool MatchPattern(const StringPiece16& string, |
+ const StringPiece16& pattern); |
+ |
+} // namespace base |
+ |
+#endif // BASE_STRINGS_PATTERN_H_ |