com.yevdo.jwildcard

Class JWildcard

java.lang.Object

com.yevdo.jwildcard.JWildcard

public class JWildcard
extends java.lang.Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	matches(java.lang.String wildcard, java.lang.String text) Will automatically convert wildcard to regex using the default set of rules, and strict flag set to true, and then run matcher on text
static java.lang.String	wildcardToRegex(java.lang.String wildcard) Converts wildcard to regex using default set of rules and strict flag set to true
static java.lang.String	wildcardToRegex(java.lang.String wildcard, boolean strict) Converts wildcard to regex using default set of rules
static java.lang.String	wildcardToRegex(java.lang.String wildcard, JWildcardRules rules, boolean strict) Converts wildcard to regex using rules

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

wildcardToRegex

public static java.lang.String wildcardToRegex(java.lang.String wildcard)

Converts wildcard to regex using default set of rules and strict flag set to true

Parameters:

wildcard - a string representation of wildcard

Returns:

string representation of regex

wildcardToRegex

public static java.lang.String wildcardToRegex(java.lang.String wildcard,
                                               boolean strict)

Converts wildcard to regex using default set of rules

Parameters:

wildcard - a string representation of wildcard

strict - a flag which indicates whether to wrap the result regex with ^ and $

Returns:

string representation of regex

wildcardToRegex

public static java.lang.String wildcardToRegex(java.lang.String wildcard,
                                               JWildcardRules rules,
                                               boolean strict)

Converts wildcard to regex using rules

Parameters:

wildcard - a string representation of wildcard

rules - a collection of desired wildcard rules to use in conversion process

strict - a flag which indicates whether to wrap the result regex with ^ and $

Returns:

string representation of regex

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if one of the above is null (wildcard, rules)

matches

public static boolean matches(java.lang.String wildcard,
                              java.lang.String text)

Will automatically convert wildcard to regex using the default set of rules, and strict flag set to true, and then run matcher on text

Parameters:

wildcard - the wildcard

text - the string to be matched at provided wildcard

Returns:

true if the text matches the wildcard

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if one of the above is null (wildcard, text)