Partially matches this descriptor to another descriptor.
        Fields that contain "*" or null are excluded from the match.

        :param descriptor: the descriptor to match this one against.

        :return: true if descriptors match and false otherwise

def match(self, descriptor):
        """
        Partially matches this descriptor to another descriptor.
        Fields that contain "*" or null are excluded from the match.

        :param descriptor: the descriptor to match this one against.

        :return: true if descriptors match and false otherwise
        """
        return self._match_field(self._group, descriptor.get_group()) \
            and self._match_field(self._type, descriptor.get_type()) \
            and self._match_field(self._kind, descriptor.get_kind()) \
            and self._match_field(self._name, descriptor.get_name()) \
            and self._match_field(self._version, descriptor.get_version())