Package org.anchoranalysis.bean.shared.regex

Class RegExSimple

Object

org.anchoranalysis.bean.AnchorBean<RegEx>

org.anchoranalysis.bean.shared.regex.RegEx

org.anchoranalysis.bean.shared.regex.RegExSimple

public class RegExSimple
extends RegEx

Matches a Java-style regular expression against the string.

The regular-expression should contain groups, each of which provides an element of the String[] returned for a match.

Author:

Owen Feehan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RegExSimple()
RegExSimple(String matchString)	Creates with an expression that should match one or more groups.
RegExSimple(String expression, Pattern pattern)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getExpression()	A Java-style regular expression containing groups.
Optional<String[]>	match(String string)	Returns an array of string components it matches successfully, or Optional.empty() if it cannot match.
void	setExpression(String expression)	A Java-style regular expression containing groups.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.anchoranalysis.bean.shared.regex.RegEx

hasMatch

Methods inherited from class org.anchoranalysis.bean.AnchorBean

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

RegExSimple

public RegExSimple(String matchString)

Creates with an expression that should match one or more groups.

Parameters:

matchString - a Java-style regular-expression.

RegExSimple

public RegExSimple()

RegExSimple

public RegExSimple(String expression, Pattern pattern)

Method Details

match

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

Description copied from class: RegEx

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

Specified by:

match in class RegEx

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.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AnchorBean<RegEx>

getExpression

public String getExpression()

A Java-style regular expression containing groups.

setExpression

public void setExpression(String expression)

A Java-style regular expression containing groups.