org.apache.nutch.util

Class PrefixStringMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.apache.nutch.util.TrieStringMatcher

org.apache.nutch.util.PrefixStringMatcher

public class PrefixStringMatcher
extends TrieStringMatcher

A class for efficiently matching Strings against a set of prefixes.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.nutch.util.TrieStringMatcher

TrieStringMatcher.TrieNode

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.nutch.util.TrieStringMatcher

root

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PrefixStringMatcher(Collection prefixes) Creates a new PrefixStringMatcher which will match Strings with any prefix in the supplied Collection.
PrefixStringMatcher(String[] prefixes) Creates a new PrefixStringMatcher which will match Strings with any prefix in the supplied array.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	longestMatch(String input) Returns the longest prefix of input that is matched, or null if no match exists.
static void	main(String[] argv)
boolean	matches(String input) Returns true if the given String is matched by a prefix in the trie
String	shortestMatch(String input) Returns the shortest prefix of input that is matched, or null if no match exists.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.nutch.util.TrieStringMatcher

addPatternBackward, addPatternForward, matchChar

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PrefixStringMatcher

public PrefixStringMatcher(String[] prefixes)

Creates a new PrefixStringMatcher which will match Strings with any prefix in the supplied array. Zero-length Strings are ignored.

PrefixStringMatcher

public PrefixStringMatcher(Collection prefixes)

Creates a new PrefixStringMatcher which will match Strings with any prefix in the supplied Collection.

Throws:

ClassCastException - if any Objects in the collection are not Strings

Method Detail

matches

public boolean matches(String input)

Returns true if the given String is matched by a prefix in the trie

Specified by:

matches in class TrieStringMatcher

shortestMatch

public String shortestMatch(String input)

Returns the shortest prefix of input that is matched, or null if no match exists.

Specified by:

shortestMatch in class TrieStringMatcher

longestMatch

public String longestMatch(String input)

Returns the longest prefix of input that is matched, or null if no match exists.

Specified by:

longestMatch in class TrieStringMatcher

main

public static final void main(String[] argv)