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