determine if pattern is starts-with or contains

spectator-api/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/impl/PatternMatcher.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2022 Netflix, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2014-2023 Netflix, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ default String prefix() {
     return null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a fixed string that is contained within matching results for the pattern if one
+   * is available. This can be used with indexed data to help select a subset of values that
+   * are possible matches. If the pattern does not have a fixed sub-string, then null will be
+   * returned.
+   */
+  default String containedString() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * The minimum possible length of a matching string. This can be used as a quick check
    * to see if there is any way a given string could match.
@@ -92,6 +102,24 @@ default boolean neverMatches() {
     return false;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns true if this matcher is equivalent to performing a starts with check on the
+   * prefix. This can be useful when mapping to storage that may have optimized prefix
+   * matching operators.
+   */
+  default boolean isPrefixMatcher() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns true if this matcher is equivalent to checking if a string contains a string.
+   * This can be useful when mapping to storage that may have optimized contains matching
+   * operators.
+   */
+  default boolean isContainsMatcher() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a new matcher that matches the same pattern only ignoring the case of the input
    * string. Note, character classes will be matched as is and must explicitly include both

spectator-api/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/impl/matcher/IndexOfMatcher.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2022 Netflix, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2014-2023 Netflix, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ Matcher next() {
     return next;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String containedString() {
+    return pattern;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isContainsMatcher() {
+    return next == TrueMatcher.INSTANCE;
+  }
+
   private int indexOfIgnoreCase(String str, int offset) {
     final int length = pattern.length();
     final int end = (str.length() - length) + 1;

spectator-api/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/impl/matcher/SeqMatcher.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2022 Netflix, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2014-2023 Netflix, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ public String prefix() {
     return matchers[0].prefix();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String containedString() {
+    return matchers[0].containedString();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public int minLength() {
     return minLength;

spectator-api/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/impl/matcher/StartsWithMatcher.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2019 Netflix, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2014-2023 Netflix, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ public String prefix() {
     return pattern;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String containedString() {
+    return pattern;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isPrefixMatcher() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isContainsMatcher() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public int minLength() {
     return pattern.length();

spectator-api/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/impl/matcher/ContainsTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2023 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.netflix.spectator.impl.matcher;
+
+import com.netflix.spectator.impl.PatternMatcher;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class ContainsTest {
+
+  private PatternMatcher re(String pattern) {
+    return PatternMatcher.compile(pattern);
+  }
+
+  private void assertStartsWith(String pattern) {
+    PatternMatcher m = re(pattern);
+    Assertions.assertTrue(m.isPrefixMatcher(), pattern);
+    Assertions.assertTrue(m.isContainsMatcher(), pattern);
+  }
+
+  private void assertContainsOnly(String pattern) {
+    PatternMatcher m = re(pattern);
+    Assertions.assertFalse(m.isPrefixMatcher(), pattern);
+    Assertions.assertTrue(m.isContainsMatcher(), pattern);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void startsWith() {
+    assertStartsWith("^abc");
+    assertStartsWith("^abc[.]def");
+    assertStartsWith("^abc\\.def");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void notStartsWith() {
+    Assertions.assertFalse(re("abc").isPrefixMatcher());
+    Assertions.assertFalse(re("ab[cd]").isPrefixMatcher());
+    Assertions.assertFalse(re("^abc.def").isPrefixMatcher());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void contains() {
+    assertContainsOnly("abc");
+    assertContainsOnly(".*abc");
+    assertContainsOnly("abc\\.def");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void notContains() {
+    Assertions.assertFalse(re("ab[cd]").isContainsMatcher());
+    Assertions.assertFalse(re("abc.def").isContainsMatcher());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void containedString() {
+    Assertions.assertEquals("abc", re("abc").containedString());
+    Assertions.assertEquals("abc", re(".*abc").containedString());
+    Assertions.assertEquals("ab", re(".*ab[cd]").containedString());
+    Assertions.assertEquals("abc", re("abc.def").containedString());
+    Assertions.assertEquals("abc.def", re("abc\\.def").containedString());
+    Assertions.assertEquals("abc", re("^abc.def").containedString());
+    Assertions.assertEquals("abc.def", re("^abc\\.def").containedString());
+  }
+}