com.karneim.util.collection.regex
Class Pattern

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--com.karneim.util.collection.regex.Pattern

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PatternPro

public class Pattern

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Cloneable

Regular expression based on a minimized deterministic automaton (DFA) and designed as an immutable set of strings.
Use this class to create a regular expression and match strings against it.
for example:
to check whether a given string is a number try

new Pattern("[0-9]+").contains(s)

Version:

1.1

Author:

Ralf Meyer

Constructor Summary

Pattern(java.lang.String regEx)
creates a minimized deterministic automaton (DFA) from the given regEx pattern.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone()
boolean	contains(char[] chars)
boolean	contains(char[] chars, int offset)
boolean	contains(char[] chars, int offset, int length)
boolean	contains(java.io.Reader in)
boolean	contains(java.lang.String s)
boolean	contains(java.lang.String s, int offset)
boolean	contains(java.lang.String s, int offset, int length)
java.lang.String	getRegEx()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Pattern

public Pattern(java.lang.String regEx)

creates a minimized deterministic automaton (DFA) from the given regEx pattern.

Method Detail

contains

public boolean contains(java.lang.String s)

contains

public boolean contains(java.lang.String s,
                        int offset)

contains

public boolean contains(java.lang.String s,
                        int offset,
                        int length)

contains

public boolean contains(char[] chars)

contains

public boolean contains(char[] chars,
                        int offset)

contains

public boolean contains(char[] chars,
                        int offset,
                        int length)

contains

public boolean contains(java.io.Reader in)
                 throws java.io.IOException

getRegEx

public java.lang.String getRegEx()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()