can i use wild card query in endswith method in java

Question

i need to get all the files ends with .doc and i have some custom extensions like .doc.25-40, .doc2 etc..i need to get all the extensions with .doc.*

filename.endsWith(".doc.*"); 

fails why?

Answer 1

No, that doesn't work. Java doesn't support simple wildcards. You would have to use a Regex method, e.g.:

filename.matches(".*\\.doc.*")

Explanation:

.*   // any text
\\.  // a period
doc  // "doc"
.*   // any text