How to find files that match a wildcard string in Java?

Question

This should be really simple. If I have a String like this:

../Test?/sample*.txt

then what is a generally-accepted way to get a list of fil

Answer 1

Util Method:

public static boolean isFileMatchTargetFilePattern(final File f, final String targetPattern) {
        String regex = targetPattern.replace(".", "\\.");  //escape the dot first
        regex = regex.replace("?", ".?").replace("*", ".*");
        return f.getName().matches(regex);

    }

jUnit Test:

@Test
public void testIsFileMatchTargetFilePattern()  {
    String dir = "D:\\repository\\org\my\\modules\\mobile\\mobile-web\\b1605.0.1";
    String[] regexPatterns = new String[] {"_*.repositories", "*.pom", "*-b1605.0.1*","*-b1605.0.1", "mobile*"};
    File fDir = new File(dir);
    File[] files = fDir.listFiles();

    for (String regexPattern : regexPatterns) {
        System.out.println("match pattern [" + regexPattern + "]:");
        for (File file : files) {
            System.out.println("\t" + file.getName() + " matches:" + FileUtils.isFileMatchTargetFilePattern(file, regexPattern));
        }
    }
}

Output:

match pattern [_*.repositories]:
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.pom matches:false
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.war matches:false
    _remote.repositories matches:true
match pattern [*.pom]:
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.pom matches:true
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.war matches:false
    _remote.repositories matches:false
match pattern [*-b1605.0.1*]:
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.pom matches:true
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.war matches:true
    _remote.repositories matches:false
match pattern [*-b1605.0.1]:
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.pom matches:false
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.war matches:false
    _remote.repositories matches:false
match pattern [mobile*]:
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.pom matches:true
    mobile-web-b1605.0.1.war matches:true
    _remote.repositories matches:false