Prior to this commit (and the previous one), the `AntPathStringMatcher` (inner class of `AntPathmatcher`) would compile `Pattern` instances and use regex matching even for static patterns such as `"/home"`. This change introduces a shortcut in the string matcher algorithm to skip the `Pattern` creation and uses `String` equality instead. Static patterns are quite common in applications and this change can bring performance improvements, depending on the mix of patterns configured in the web application. In benchmarks (added with this commit), we're seeing +20% throughput and -40% allocation. This of course can vary depending on the number of static patterns configured in the application. Closes gh-24887
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