in kubernetes/metadata/resource.go [176:213]
func generateMapSubset(input map[string]string, keys []string, dedot bool, useregex bool) mapstr.M {
output := mapstr.M{}
if input == nil {
return output
}
for _, key := range keys {
//This is the part where use_regex is enabled
if useregex {
pattern, err := regexp.Compile(key)
if err == nil {
for label, value := range input {
matched := pattern.MatchString(label)
if matched {
if dedot {
dedotKey := utils.DeDot(label)
_, _ = output.Put(dedotKey, value)
} else {
_ = safemapstr.Put(output, label, value)
}
}
}
}
} else {
value, ok := input[key]
if ok {
if dedot {
dedotKey := utils.DeDot(key)
_, _ = output.Put(dedotKey, value)
} else {
_ = safemapstr.Put(output, key, value)
}
}
}
}
return output
}