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    <title>PatternElement type</title>

	<title>PatternElement type</title>

    <para>The PatternElement type defines single string pattern for file/ directory matching.</para>

	<para>The PatternElement type defines single string pattern for file/

    <para>The defining Java class is

		The defining Java class is

        <ulink url="javadoc/net/brutex/xservices/types/PatternElement.html">

		<ulink url="javadoc/net/brutex/xservices/types/PatternElement.html">

            <classname>net.brutex.xservices.types.PatternElement</classname>

			<classname>net.brutex.xservices.types.PatternElement</classname>

        </ulink>.

		</ulink>

    </para>

	</para>

    <para>These patterns look exactly like those used in Apache Ant

		These patterns look exactly like those used in Apache Ant

        <ulink url="http://ant.apache.org/manual/dirtasks.html#patterns">Patterns</ulink>.

		<ulink url="http://ant.apache.org/manual/dirtasks.html#patterns">Patterns</ulink>.

        The '*' matches zero or more characters and the '?' will match a single character.

		The '*' matches zero or more characters and the

        Both symbols can be combined in one pattern. The '**'

		Both symbols can be combined in one pattern. The '**'

        symbol can be used to match any directory deepth.

		symbol can be used to match any directory deepth.

    </para>

	</para>

    <para>Some example patterns:</para>

	<para>Some example patterns:</para>

    <para><parameter>**/mydir/**</parameter></para>

		<parameter>**/mydir/**</parameter>

    <para>Match all file that are located in any directory that has &quot;mydir&quot; string in its pathname. Also applies to files with &quot;mydir&quot; in their name.</para>

		"mydir" string in its pathname. Also applies to files with

    <para><parameter>/mydir/</parameter></para>

		<parameter>/mydir/</parameter>

    <para>The parser will automatically append an &apos;**&apos; symbol, thus the resulting pattern is <parameter>/mydir/**</parameter>. All files below the &quot;/mydir/&quot; directory (including its sub-directories will be chosen.</para>

		parser will automatically append an '**' symbol, thus the

    <note>

	<note>

        <para>The pattern is OS independent. You should always use &quot;/&quot; as path separator, even on windows based systems.</para>

			"/" as path separator, even on windows based systems.

    </note>

	</note>

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    <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<xs:simpleType name="patternElement">

	<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<xs:simpleType name="patternElement">

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	<bridgehead renderas='sect3'>Example XML</bridgehead>