org.exolab.castor.util
Interface RegExpEvaluator

All Known Implementing Classes:
AlwaysTrueRegExpEvaluator, JakartaOroEvaluator, JakartaRegExpEvaluator, XercesRegExpEvaluator

public interface RegExpEvaluator

A simple interface for evaluating Regular expressions.

Version:
$Revision: 7292 $ $Date: 2003-03-03 00:05:44 -0700 (Mon, 03 Mar 2003) $
Author:
Keith Visco

Method Summary
 boolean matches(java.lang.String value)
          Returns true if the given String matches the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator.
 void setExpression(java.lang.String rexpr)
          Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to matches(java.lang.String).
 

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(java.lang.String value)
Returns true if the given String matches the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator.

Parameters:
value - the String to check the production of
Returns:
true if the given string matches the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator
See Also:
setExpression(java.lang.String)

setExpression

void setExpression(java.lang.String rexpr)
Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to matches(java.lang.String).

Parameters:
rexpr - the regular expression


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