Take a look at PlexusUtils' FileUtils class: http://plexus.codehaus.org/plexus-utils/apidocs/org/codehaus/plexus/util/FileUtils.html
Look at the getFileName() methods and variants. They use DirectoryScanner which handles "**" wildcards and such. -tim On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:17 PM, jaybytez <jayby...@yahoo.com> wrote: > So I am creating a custom plugin that we are using for compiling things > like > Drools Rules. > > I have successfully injected and used excludes to help exclude files from > this compilation. > > I would like to take advantage of the wildcarding commonly used in > includes/excludes like "**/*.xls". > > Is there a Maven/Mojo class that can be used to help resolve or match a > String to these expressions, as I assume these aren't standard regular > expressions. > > That way if I have multiple files, I could use this helper class in my > custom plugin to match resources files with the exclusion list. > > Thanks... > > -- > View this message in context: > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Custom-plugin-how-to-resolve-wildcards-in-excludes-includes-tp5665480p5665480.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >