org.exolab.castor.util
Class XercesRegExpEvaluator

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.util.XercesRegExpEvaluator

All Implemented Interfaces:

RegExpEvaluator

public class XercesRegExpEvaluator
extends Object
implements RegExpEvaluator

An implementation of the XercesRegExpEvaluator that uses the Regular Expression library in Xerces. For more information about the Xerces Regular Expression library please visit: http://xml.apache.org/xerces-j/apiDocs/org/apache/xerces/utils/regex/RegularExpression.html

Version:

$Revision: 8788 $ $Date: 2006-01-16 13:22:58 -0700 (Mon, 16 Jan 2006) $

Author:

Keith Visco, Takashi Okamoto

Constructor Summary

XercesRegExpEvaluator()
Creates a new XercesRegExpEvaluator

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XercesRegExpEvaluator

public XercesRegExpEvaluator()

Creates a new XercesRegExpEvaluator

Method Detail

setExpression

public void setExpression(String rexpr)

Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to #matches

Specified by:

setExpression in interface RegExpEvaluator

Parameters:

rexpr - the regular expression

matches

public boolean matches(String value)

Returns true if the given String is matched by the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator

Specified by:

matches in interface 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)