* <p>
 * The wildcard expression may consist of two special meta
 * characters in addition to the normal filename characters. The '*'
 * character matches any number of characters in part of a name. If
 * the expression begins with one or more '?'s then exactly that
 * many characters will be matched whereas if it ends with '?'s
 * it will match that many characters <i>or less</i>.
 * <p>

     * characters in addition to the normal filename characters. The '*'
     * character matches any number of characters in part of a name. If
     * the expression begins with one or more '?'s then exactly that
     * many characters will be matched whereas if it ends with '?'s
     * it will match that many characters <i>or less</i>.
     * <p>