For Post: Using pretty URLs with Spring and Annotations (pt2)

gistfile1.java

public class UrlUtils {
  public static String[] breakUri(final String uri, final String expectedUrl) {
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile(expectedUrl.replace("*", "(.*?)"));
    Matcher m = p.matcher(uri);
    if (m.find()) {
      String[] ret = new String[m.groupCount()];
      for (int i=0; i<ret.length; i++) {
        ret[i] = m.group(i+1);
      }
      return ret;
    } else {
      return null;
    }
  }
}