uk.org.ogsadai.activity.files.regexp
Class OroPerl5Pattern

java.lang.Object
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public class OroPerl5Pattern

extends java.lang.Object

Represents a Perl5-like regular expression of the type available in Jakarta ORO. Implements a wrapper around org.apache.oro.text.regex.Perl5Pattern.

See http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlre.html#Regular-Expressions for a detailed specification of the syntax of permitted regular expressions.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Project Team

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String	COPYRIGHT_NOTICE Copyright statement
private org.apache.oro.text.regex.Pattern	mPattern The underlying org.apache.oro.text.regex.Perl5Pattern object.

Constructor Summary

OroPerl5Pattern(java.lang.String regexp)
Compile a new Perl5-style regular expression object from the given string.

Method Summary

OroMatcher

matcher() Create and return a new matcher object intended to find matches of this regular expression.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

private static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

Copyright statement

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Constant Field Values

mPattern

private org.apache.oro.text.regex.Pattern mPattern

The underlying org.apache.oro.text.regex.Perl5Pattern object.

Constructor Detail

OroPerl5Pattern

public OroPerl5Pattern(java.lang.String regexp)
                throws org.apache.oro.text.regex.MalformedPatternException

Compile a new Perl5-style regular expression object from the given string.

Parameters:

regexp - the string containing the regular expression

Throws:

org.apache.oro.text.regex.MalformedPatternException - if the parameter is not a valid Perl5 regular expression

Method Detail

matcher

public OroMatcher matcher()
                   throws UnsupportedRegexpPatternFormatException

Create and return a new matcher object intended to find matches of this regular expression.

Returns:

the matcher object

Throws:

UnsupportedRegexpPatternFormatException - if Perl5 patterns are not supported by the OroMatcher class.