check(rule.startsWith(WILDCARD_CHAR)) {
      """Wildcard Assertion Failure: '$rule'
A wildcard rule was added with a wildcard that is not in leftmost position! We'll need to change the ${PublicSuffixDatabase::class.java.name} to handle this."""
    }
    check(rule.indexOf(WILDCARD_CHAR, 1) == -1) {
      """Wildcard Assertion Failure: '$rule'

            return false;
        }
        TypeMetaData that = (TypeMetaData) o;
        return arrayDimensions == that.arrayDimensions &&
            varargs == that.varargs &&
            wildcard == that.wildcard &&
            Objects.equals(name, that.name) &&
            Objects.equals(typeArgs, that.typeArgs) &&
            Objects.equals(upperBounds, that.upperBounds) &&

        ExclusionArtifactFilter filter = new ExclusionArtifactFilter(Collections.singletonList(exclusion));

        assertFalse(filter.include(artifact), "Artifact should be excluded by groupId wildcard");
    }

    @Test
    void testExcludeGroupIdWildcardNoMatch() {
        Exclusion exclusion = new Exclusion();
        exclusion.setGroupId("*");
        exclusion.setArtifactId("maven-compat");

            boolean wildcard = nodeNameTest.isWildcard();
            String testName = nodeNameTest.getNodeName().getName();
            String testPrefix = nodeNameTest.getNodeName().getPrefix();
            if (wildcard && testPrefix == null) {
                return true;
            }
            if (wildcard || testName.equals(nodeName)) {

        exactMatch = rule
        break
      }
    }

    // In theory, wildcard rules are not restricted to having the wildcard in the leftmost position.
    // In practice, wildcards are always in the leftmost position. For now, this implementation
    // cheats and does not attempt every possible permutation. Instead, it only considers wildcards
    // in the leftmost position. We assert this fact when we generate the public suffix file. If

			if u.Bucket == minioMetaBucket {
				// No MRF needed for temporary objects
				if wildcard.Match("buckets/*/.metacache/*", u.Object) {
					continue
				}
				if wildcard.Match("tmp/*", u.Object) {
					continue
				}
				if wildcard.Match("multipart/*", u.Object) {
					continue
				}
				if wildcard.Match("tmp-old/*", u.Object) {
					continue
				}
			}

			now := time.Now()

In this case, the list would have to include `http://localhost:8080` for the `:8080`-frontend to work correctly.

## Wildcards { #wildcards }

It's also possible to declare the list as `"*"` (a "wildcard") to say that all are allowed.

	errWildcardObjectLookup       = errors.New("Object wildcard used on non-object value")
	errWildcardArrayLookup        = errors.New("Array wildcard used on non-array value")
	errWildcardObjectUsageInvalid = errors.New("Invalid usage of object wildcard")
)

// jsonpathEval evaluates a JSON path and returns the value at the path.
// If the value should be considered flat (from wildcards) any array returned should be considered individual values.

    // Hostname and pattern are now in lower case -- domain names are case-insensitive.

    if ("*" !in pattern) {
      // Not a wildcard pattern -- hostname and pattern must match exactly.
      return hostname == pattern
    }

    // Wildcard pattern

    // WILDCARD PATTERN RULES:
    // 1. Asterisk (*) is only permitted in the left-most domain name label and must be the

      buffer.write(this, length.toLong())
    }
    while (!buffer.exhausted()) {
      var publicSuffix = buffer.readUtf8LineStrict()
      if (publicSuffix.contains("*")) {
        // A wildcard rule, let's replace the wildcard with a value.
        publicSuffix = publicSuffix.replace("\\*".toRegex(), "square")
      }
      assertThat(publicSuffixDatabase.getEffectiveTldPlusOne(publicSuffix)).isNull()