diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
index 43255f391cb..0b149a878e7 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-03-25 David Inglis
+	
+	Added util class for core model
+	
+	* src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/CoreModelUtil.java
+	
 2004-03-25 David Inglis
 
 	Update to allow non-owned projects and added better recovery of deleted .cdtprojects via nature id
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/CoreModelUtil.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/CoreModelUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94ec2529605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/CoreModelUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package org.eclipse.cdt.core.model;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.CharOperation;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
+
+public class CoreModelUtil {
+
+	public static boolean isExcludedPath(IPath resourcePath, IPath[] exclusionPatterns) {
+		char[] path = resourcePath.toString().toCharArray();
+		for (int i = 0, length = exclusionPatterns.length; i < length; i++) {
+			char[] pattern = exclusionPatterns[i].toString().toCharArray();
+			if (CharOperation.pathMatch(pattern, path, true, '/')) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Returns whether the given resource path matches one of the exclusion
+	 * patterns.
+	 * 
+	 * @see IPathEntry#getExclusionPatterns
+	 */
+	public final static boolean isExcluded(IPath resourcePath, char[][] exclusionPatterns) {
+		if (exclusionPatterns == null)
+			return false;
+		char[] path = resourcePath.toString().toCharArray();
+		for (int i = 0, length = exclusionPatterns.length; i < length; i++)
+			if (CharOperation.pathMatch(exclusionPatterns[i], path, true, '/'))
+				return true;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
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