Package org.anchoranalysis.bean.shared.regex

Class RegEx

Object

AnchorBean<RegEx>

RegEx

Direct Known Subclasses:

RegExList, RegExSimple

public abstract class RegEx
extends AnchorBean<RegEx>

The regular-expression to use for matching groups.

It should always define at least one group (i.e. using parentheses).

Author:

Owen Feehan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RegEx()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	hasMatch(String string)	Returns a boolean whether the regular-expression successfully matches a string or not.
abstract Optional<String[]>	match(String string)	Returns an array of string components it matches successfully, or Optional.empty() if it cannot match.

Methods inherited from class org.anchoranalysis.bean.AnchorBean

checkMisconfigured, describeBean, describeChildren, duplicateBean, fields, findFieldsOfClass, getBeanName, getLocalPath, localise, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

RegEx

public RegEx()

Method Details

match

public abstract Optional<String[]> match(String string)

Returns an array of string components it matches successfully, or Optional.empty() if it cannot match.

Parameters:

string - string to match against the regular-expression.

Returns:

an array of string components representing each group in the match, or Optional.empty() if no match is possible.

hasMatch

public boolean hasMatch(String string)

Returns a boolean whether the regular-expression successfully matches a string or not.

Parameters:

string - string to match against the regular-expression.

Returns:

true if successfully matched, false otherwise.