com.univocity.parsers.conversions

Class RegexConversion

java.lang.Object

com.univocity.parsers.conversions.RegexConversion

All Implemented Interfaces:

Conversion<String,String>

public class RegexConversion
extends Object
implements Conversion<String,String>

Replaces contents of a given input String, identified by a regular expression, with a replacement String. The revert(String) implements the same behavior of execute(String). Null inputs produce null outputs.

Author:

Univocity Software Pty Ltd - parsers@univocity.com

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RegexConversion(String replaceRegex, String replacement) Creates a conversion that matches contents identified by the given regular expression and replaces them by the given replacement String.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	execute(String input) Executes the regular expression provided in the constructor of this class against the input and replaces any matched content with the replacement String.
String	revert(String input) Executes the regular expression provided in the constructor of this class against the input and replaces any matched content with the replacement String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexConversion

public RegexConversion(String replaceRegex,
                       String replacement)

Creates a conversion that matches contents identified by the given regular expression and replaces them by the given replacement String.

Parameters:

replaceRegex - the regular expression used to match contents of a given input String

replacement - the replacement content to replace any contents matched by the given regular expression

Method Detail

execute

public String execute(String input)

Executes the regular expression provided in the constructor of this class against the input and replaces any matched content with the replacement String. Equivalent to revert(String)

Specified by:

execute in interface Conversion<String,String>

Parameters:

input - The input to have contents matched by the regular expression and replaced

Returns:

The String resulting from the content replacement

revert

public String revert(String input)

Executes the regular expression provided in the constructor of this class against the input and replaces any matched content with the replacement String. Equivalent to execute(String)

Specified by:

revert in interface Conversion<String,String>

Parameters:

input - The input to have contents matched by the regular expression and replaced

Returns:

The String resulting from the content replacement