org.exolab.castor.util

Interface RegExpEvaluator

Known Implementing Classes:
AlwaysTrueRegExpEvaluator, JakartaOroEvaluator, JakartaRegExpEvaluator, PatternValidator.DefaultRegExpEvaluator, XercesRegExpEvaluator

public interface RegExpEvaluator

A simple interface for evaluating Regular expressions
Version:
$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ $Date: 2003/03/03 07:09:06 $
Author:
Keith Visco

Method Summary

boolean
matches(String value)
Returns true if the given String is matched by the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator
void
setExpression(String rexpr)
Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to #matches

Method Details

matches

public boolean matches(String value)
Returns true if the given String is matched by 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

setExpression

public void setExpression(String rexpr)
Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to #matches
Parameters:
rexpr - the regular expression

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