public boolean metaURI(){
  return endpoint != null && (endpoint.indexOf("/*/") != -1 || endpoint.endsWith("/*") || endpoint.indexOf("/*[") != -1);
}

public boolean metaURI ( ) { return endpoint != null && ( endpoint . indexOf ( "/*/" ) != - 1 || endpoint . endsWith ( "/*" ) || endpoint . indexOf ( "/*[" ) != - 1 ) ; }
this method determines if the uri represents contains meta characters and therefore represents multiple real uris .
