code: private boolean isExcludedPath(String requestURI)
      {
          if (requestURI == null)
              return false;
          if (_excludedPaths != null)
          {
              for (String excludedPath : _excludedPaths)
              {
                  if (requestURI.startsWith(excludedPath))
                  {
                      return true;
                  }
              }
          }
          if (_excludedPathPatterns != null)
          {
              for (Pattern pattern : _excludedPathPatterns)
              {
                  if (pattern.matcher(requestURI).matches())
                  {
                      return true;
                  }
              }
          }
          return false;
      }
docs: Checks to see if the path is excluded
  
  @param requestURI
  the request uri
  @return boolean true if excluded