UrlUtils.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;
		}
	}
}