question: public static boolean matchesUrl ( final HttpServletRequest request , final String path ) { final Pattern pattern = Pattern . compile ( ".*" + path + "[/]?" , Pattern . CASE_INSENSITIVE ) ; if ( request . getRequestURI ( ) != null ) { final Matcher m = pattern . matcher ( request . getRequestURI ( ) ) ; return m . matches ( ) ; } return false ; }
target:  Utility used to verify that requestURI matches provided path