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+#ifndef NETDATA_SIMPLE_PATTERN_H
+#define NETDATA_SIMPLE_PATTERN_H
+
+typedef enum {
+    SIMPLE_PATTERN_EXACT,
+    SIMPLE_PATTERN_PREFIX,
+    SIMPLE_PATTERN_SUFFIX,
+    SIMPLE_PATTERN_SUBSTRING
+} SIMPLE_PREFIX_MODE;
+
+typedef void SIMPLE_PATTERN;
+
+// create a simple_pattern from the string given
+// default_mode is used in cases where EXACT matches, without an asterisk,
+// should be considered PREFIX matches.
+extern SIMPLE_PATTERN *simple_pattern_create(const char *list, SIMPLE_PREFIX_MODE default_mode);
+
+// test if string str is matched from the pattern
+extern int simple_pattern_matches(SIMPLE_PATTERN *list, const char *str);
+
+// free a simple_pattern that was created with simple_pattern_create()
+// list can be NULL, in which case, this does nothing.
+extern void simple_pattern_free(SIMPLE_PATTERN *list);
+
+#endif //NETDATA_SIMPLE_PATTERN_H