in commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RulesBase.java [144:165]
protected void registerRule( String pattern, final Rule rule )
{
// to help users who accidentally add '/' to the end of their patterns
final int patternLength = pattern.length();
if ( patternLength > 1 && pattern.endsWith( "/" ) )
{
pattern = pattern.substring( 0, patternLength - 1 );
}
List<Rule> list = cache.get( pattern );
if ( list == null )
{
list = new ArrayList<>();
if ( pattern.startsWith( "*/" ) )
{
wildcardCache.add( pattern.substring( 1 ) );
}
cache.put( pattern, list );
}
list.add( rule );
rules.add( rule );
}