#ifndef WILDCARDS_H
#define WILDCARDS_H
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//  wildcards.h  - find strings that match, using wild cards //
//  ver 1.1                                                  //
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//  Language:      Visual C++, ver 6.0                       //
//  Platform:      Dell Dimension 8100, Windows 2000, sp1    //
//  Application:   CSE687 demonstration                      //
//  Author:        Jim Fawcett, CST 2-187, (315) 443-3948    //
//                 jfawcett@twcny.rr.com                     //
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/*
    Manual Page
    -----------
    This wildcards class constructs objects that hold strings
    which it assumes may have wildcard characters, e.g., "*"
    or "?".  It provides a single member function to check
    for matches against a string that it assumes has no wild
    card characters.

    class wildcard Operations:
    --------------------------
    wildcards wc("foo.*");        // may have "*" and/or "?"
    if(wc.matches("foo.bar")      // no wild cards here
      cout << "  got a match\n";


*/

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//                      maintenance page                     //
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//  Build Process                                            //
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//  Files Required:                                          //
//    wildcards.h, wildcards.cpp                             //
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//  Building with Visual C++ , ver 6.0, from command line:   //
//    cl /GX /DTEST_WILDCARDS wildcards.cpp                  //
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/*

    Maintenance History
    ===================
      ver 1.1 : 09 Jan 2002
        - fixed bug in matching algorithm which caused failure
          if pattern ended in *
      ver 1.0 : 30 Jan 2000
        - first release



    Planned Modifications:
    ======================
    Detect more of the regular expression grammar.

*/

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//                         Declarations                      //
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#include <string>

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class wildcards {

public:
  wildcards(const std::string &pattern) : pat(pattern) { }
  bool matches(const std::string &s);

private:
  std::string pat;
};

#endif