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# Hamcrest

## Cookbook

* Matches pattern - <http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/javadoc/2.0.0.0/org/hamcrest/text/MatchesPattern.html>.

  ```
    assertThat("FooBarBaz", matchesPattern("^Foo"));
  ```