2 files changed, 61 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
index 9129d92f0..81cc87d15 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
@@ -843,3 +843,46 @@ bool ReadConfigDir(Configuration &Conf,const string &Dir,
    return true;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// MatchAgainstConfig Constructor					/*{{{*/
+Configuration::MatchAgainstConfig::MatchAgainstConfig(char const * Config)
+{
+   std::vector<std::string> const strings = _config->FindVector(Config);
+   for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator s = strings.begin();
+	s != strings.end(); ++s)
+   {
+      regex_t *p = new regex_t;
+      if (regcomp(p, s->c_str(), REG_EXTENDED | REG_ICASE | REG_NOSUB) == 0)
+	 patterns.push_back(p);
+      else
+      {
+	 regfree(p);
+	 delete p;
+	 _error->Warning("Regex compilation error for '%s' in configuration option '%s'",
+				s->c_str(), Config);
+      }
+    }
+
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+// MatchAgainstConfig Destructor					/*{{{*/
+Configuration::MatchAgainstConfig::~MatchAgainstConfig()
+{
+   for(std::vector<regex_t *>::const_iterator p = patterns.begin();
+	p != patterns.end(); ++p)
+   {
+      regfree(*p);
+      delete *p;
+   }
+}
+									/*}}}*/
+// MatchAgainstConfig::Match - returns true if a pattern matches	/*{{{*/
+bool Configuration::MatchAgainstConfig::Match(char const * str) const
+{
+   for(std::vector<regex_t *>::const_iterator p = patterns.begin();
+	p != patterns.end(); ++p)
+      if (regexec(*p, str, 0, 0, 0) == 0)
+	 return true;
+
+   return false;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.h
index 2494c1d7c..cbe18e4e5 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #ifndef PKGLIB_CONFIGURATION_H
 #define PKGLIB_CONFIGURATION_H
 
-
+#include <regex.h>
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -104,6 +104,23 @@ class Configuration
    Configuration(const Item *Root);
    Configuration();
    ~Configuration();
+
+   /** \brief match a string against a configurable list of patterns */
+   class MatchAgainstConfig
+   {
+     std::vector<regex_t *> patterns;
+
+   public:
+     MatchAgainstConfig(char const * Config);
+     virtual ~MatchAgainstConfig();
+
+     /** \brief Returns \b true for a string matching one of the patterns */
+     bool Match(char const * str) const;
+     bool Match(std::string const &str) const { return Match(str.c_str()); };
+
+     /** \brief returns if the matcher setup was successful */
+     bool wasConstructedSuccessfully() const { return patterns.empty() == false; }
+   };
 };
 
 extern Configuration *_config;