private boolean matchStrings(String pattern,String str,Map<String,String> uriTemplateVariables){
  AntPathStringMatcher matcher=new AntPathStringMatcher(pattern,str,uriTemplateVariables);
  return matcher.matchStrings();
}

private boolean matchStrings ( String pattern , String str , Map < String , String > uriTemplateVariables ) { AntPathStringMatcher matcher = new AntPathStringMatcher ( pattern , str , uriTemplateVariables ) ; return matcher . matchStrings ( ) ; }
tests whether or not a string matches against a pattern . the pattern may contain two special characters : < br > ' * ' means zero or more characters < br > ' ? ' means one and only one character
