ple, this method will return <code>true</code> when
 comparing the ContentTypes for <strong>"text/plain"</strong>
 and <strong>"text/plain; charset=foobar"</strong>.

 If the <code>subType</code> of either operand is the special
 character '*', then the subtype is ignored during the match. 
 For example, this method will return <code>true</code> when 
 comparing the ContentTypes for <strong>"text/plain"</strong> 
 and <strong>"text/*" </strong></div>
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