I need a comparator in java which has the same semantics as the sql 'like' operator. For example:

myComparator.like("digital","%ital%");
myComparator.like("digital","%gi?a%");
myComparator.like("digital","digi%");

should evaluate to true, and

myComparator.like("digital","%cam%");
myComparator.like("digital","tal%");

should evaluate to false. Any ideas how to implement such a comparator or does anyone know an implementation with the same semantics? Can this be done using a regular expression?

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