org.exolab.castor.util

Interface RegExpEvaluator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AlwaysTrueRegExpEvaluator, JakartaOroEvaluator, JakartaRegExpEvaluator, SunRegExpEvaluator, XercesRegExpEvaluator

public interface RegExpEvaluator

A simple interface for evaluating Regular expressions.

Version:

$Revision: 7292 $ $Date: 2003-03-03 00:05:44 -0700 (Mon, 03 Mar 2003) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	matches(String value) Returns true if the given String matches the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator.
void	setExpression(String rexpr) Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to matches(java.lang.String).

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(String value)

Returns true if the given String matches the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator.

Parameters:

value - the String to check the production of

Returns:

true if the given string matches the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator

See Also:

setExpression(java.lang.String)

setExpression

void setExpression(String rexpr)

Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to matches(java.lang.String).

Parameters:

rexpr - the regular expression