public static boolean isWildcardMatch(String str, String expr, boolean whole)
    {
        return getWildcardMatcher(str, expr, whole).find();
    }
public static boolean isWildcardMatch ( String str , String expr , boolean whole ) { return getWildcardMatcher ( str , expr , whole ) . find ( ) ; }
Returns <CODE>true</CODE> if the given string matches the given regular expression.
@param str The string against which the expression is to be matched
@param expr The regular expression to match with the input string
@param whole Indicates that a whole word match is required
@return <CODE>true</CODE> if a match was found