package doublestar import "path/filepath" // Validate a pattern. Patterns are validated while they run in Match(), // PathMatch(), and Glob(), so, you normally wouldn't need to call this. // However, there are cases where this might be useful: for example, if your // program allows a user to enter a pattern that you'll run at a later time, // you might want to validate it. // // ValidatePattern assumes your pattern uses '/' as the path separator. // func ValidatePattern(s string) bool { return doValidatePattern(s, '/') } // Like ValidatePattern, only uses your OS path separator. In other words, use // ValidatePattern if you would normally use Match() or Glob(). Use // ValidatePathPattern if you would normally use PathMatch(). Keep in mind, // Glob() requires '/' separators, even if your OS uses something else. // func ValidatePathPattern(s string) bool { return doValidatePattern(s, filepath.Separator) } func doValidatePattern(s string, separator rune) bool { altDepth := 0 l := len(s) VALIDATE: for i := 0; i < l; i++ { switch s[i] { case '\\': if separator != '\\' { // skip the next byte - return false if there is no next byte if i++; i >= l { return false } } continue case '[': if i++; i >= l { // class didn't end return false } if s[i] == '^' || s[i] == '!' { i++ } if i >= l || s[i] == ']' { // class didn't end or empty character class return false } for ; i < l; i++ { if separator != '\\' && s[i] == '\\' { i++ } else if s[i] == ']' { // looks good continue VALIDATE } } // class didn't end return false case '{': altDepth++ continue case '}': if altDepth == 0 { // alt end without a corresponding start return false } altDepth-- continue } } // valid as long as all alts are closed return altDepth == 0 }