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package org.smallmind.nutsnbolts.io;

public class RegExTranslator {

  public static String translate (String pattern) {

    StringBuilder patternBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    boolean isStar = false;

    for (int index = 0; index < pattern.length(); index++) {
      if (isStar && (pattern.charAt(index) != '*')) {
        patternBuilder.append("[^/]*");
        isStar = false;
      }

      switch (pattern.charAt(index)) {
        case '$':
          patternBuilder.append("\\$");
        case '.':
          patternBuilder.append("\\.");
          break;
        case '*':
          if (isStar) {
            patternBuilder.append(".*");
            isStar = false;
          } else {
            isStar = true;
          }
          break;
        case '?':
          patternBuilder.append("[^/]?");
          break;
        default:
          patternBuilder.append(pattern.charAt(index));
      }
    }

    if (isStar) {
      patternBuilder.append("[^/]*");
    }

    return patternBuilder.toString();
  }
}