2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/utils/WildcardPattern.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/utils/WildcardPattern.java
index 2045b92faa2..572d2c1d01b 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/utils/WildcardPattern.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/utils/WildcardPattern.java
@@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ public class WildcardPattern {
     return StringUtils.removeEnd(patternStr, "/");
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @since 2.4
+   */
+  public static boolean match(WildcardPattern[] patterns, String value) {
+    for (WildcardPattern pattern : patterns) {
+      if (pattern.match(value)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   public static WildcardPattern create(String pattern) {
     return create(pattern, "/");
   }
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/utils/WildcardPatternTest.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/utils/WildcardPatternTest.java
index 1b0d6b80a2b..f57aff8f6e2 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/utils/WildcardPatternTest.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/utils/WildcardPatternTest.java
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
  */
 package org.sonar.api.utils;
 
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 public class WildcardPatternTest {
 
   private boolean match(String pattern, String value, String separator) {
@@ -99,4 +99,12 @@ public class WildcardPatternTest {
 
     assertTrue(match("**", "java/io/Reader"));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void multiplePatterns() {
+    WildcardPattern[] patterns = new WildcardPattern[] { WildcardPattern.create("Foo"), WildcardPattern.create("Bar") };
+    assertTrue(WildcardPattern.match(patterns, "Foo"));
+    assertTrue(WildcardPattern.match(patterns, "Bar"));
+    assertFalse(WildcardPattern.match(patterns, "Other"));
+  }
 }