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Interface InputPart

public interface InputPart

Interface for Enums that define parts of input terms.

Every Enum entry defines one part of an input term which is matchable by a regular expression.

For example, a naive InputPart Enum for address matching parts might look like this :

public static enum Parts implements InputParts {

STREET("[A-Z]{1}[A-Za-z]+"),
HOUSENR("[1-9]{1}[0-9]*"),
ZIP("\\d{4,6}"),
STREET("[A-Z]{1}[A-Za-z]+");

private final String matcher;

private Parts(String matcher) {
this.matcher = matcher;
}

public String getMatcher() {
return this.matcher;
}
}

1->n parts of such an Enum can define an InputGroup using an InputGroup.InputGroupBuilder started with InputGroup.forPart(Enum) or InputGroup.forPart(Enum, boolean).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getMatcher() Returns the regular expression that is able to String.matches(String)=true when used on a String that represents a valid value for the InputPart.

Method Detail

getMatcher

String getMatcher()

Returns the regular expression that is able to String.matches(String)=true when used on a String that represents a valid value for the InputPart.

Returns:

A regular expression; never null and parseable by Pattern