Class StringPattern

Method Details

• getMode

  public int getMode()

• matches

  public boolean matches(String text)

  Match the given text against the pattern represented by the current instance, as follows:

  • A * in the pattern matches any sequence of zero or more characters in the text
  • A ? in the pattern matches exactly one character in the text
  • Any other character in the pattern must appear exactly as it is in the text

  Notice: The mode flag of the current instance does not take any effect here.

• parseCombinedPattern

  public static StringPattern[] parseCombinedPattern(String combinedPattern)

  Parse a "combined pattern" into an array of StringPatterns. A combined pattern string is structured as follows:

     combined-pattern :=
       [ '+' | '-' ] pattern
       { ( '+' | '-' ) pattern }
   

  If a pattern is preceeded with a '-', then the StringPattern is created with mode EXCLUDE, otherwise with mode INCLUDE.

• matches

  public static boolean matches(StringPattern[] patterns, String text)

  Match a given text against an array of StringPatterns (which was typically created by parseCombinedPattern(String).

  The last matching pattern takes effect; if its mode is INCLUDE, then true is returned, if its mode is EXCLUDE, then false is returned.

  If patterns is PATTERNS_NONE, or empty, or none of its patterns matches, then false is returned.

  If patterns is PATTERNS_ALL, then true is returned.

  For backwards compatibility, null patterns are treated like PATTERNS_NONE.

• toString

  public String toString()

  Overrides:

  toString in class Object