com.mockrunner.util.regexp

Interface PatternMatcher

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<PatternMatcher>

All Known Implementing Classes:

Jsr51PatternMatcher, PatternMatcher.Base, Perl5PatternMatcher, SimplePatternMatcher, StartsEndsPatternMatcher

public interface PatternMatcher
extends Comparable<PatternMatcher>

Defines contract for matching strings.

Author:

Radim Vansa <rvansa@redhat.com>

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	PatternMatcher.Base
static class	PatternMatcher.Factories
static interface	PatternMatcher.Factory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object other) Two instances are considered equal if these use the same type() and pattern().
int	hashCode()
boolean	matches(String string)
String	pattern()
String	type() String representation of the type of expressions matched by this pattern matcher.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

type

String type()

String representation of the type of expressions matched by this pattern matcher. Examples are 'Perl5', 'JSR-51' or 'equals'. Used for comparison; see equals(Object).

Returns:

The type of this matcher

pattern

String pattern()

Returns:

Original pattern used for creation of this instance.

matches

boolean matches(String string)

Parameters:

string -

Returns:

True if the string matches to this pattern.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

The same value as pattern().hashCode()

equals

boolean equals(Object other)

Two instances are considered equal if these use the same type() and pattern().

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

other -

Returns: