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oracle.stellent.wcm.common.utils
Class SimplePatternMatcher

java.lang.Object
oracle.stellent.wcm.common.utils.SimplePatternMatcher

public class SimplePatternMatcher

extends java.lang.Object

Class to hold a list of simple patterns and enable matching against those patterns for arbitrary strings.

Nested Class Summary

static class

SimplePatternMatcher.MatchResult Result from a match operation

Constructor Summary

SimplePatternMatcher()

Method Summary

void	addExclusionPattern(java.lang.String pattern) Add the exclusion pattern to this matcher.
void	addPattern(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String data) Add the pattern to this matcher.
void	addSimplePattern(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String data) Add a simple pattern to this matcher object.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getPatterns()
SimplePatternMatcher.MatchResult	matchText(java.lang.String text) See if there is a match.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SimplePatternMatcher

public SimplePatternMatcher()

Method Detail

addSimplePattern

public void addSimplePattern(java.lang.String pattern,
                             java.lang.String data)

Add a simple pattern to this matcher object. A simple pattern is a string containing one or more '*' characters that is then turned into a proper regular expression.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern

data - information to associate with this pattern

getPatterns

public java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getPatterns()

Returns:

a set of the patterns on this object

addExclusionPattern

public void addExclusionPattern(java.lang.String pattern)

Add the exclusion pattern to this matcher. This pattern will be directly compiled into a regular expression without modification.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern of items to exclude

addPattern

public void addPattern(java.lang.String pattern,
                       java.lang.String data)

Add the pattern to this matcher. This pattern will be directly compiled into a regular expression without modification.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern

data - the data to associate with the pattern.

matchText

public SimplePatternMatcher.MatchResult matchText(java.lang.String text)

See if there is a match. If so, return the associated data.

Parameters:

text - the text to match

Returns:

the associated data

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