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:

$Revision$ $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