org.progeeks.util
Class PatternSet

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractCollection<E>
      java.util.AbstractSet
          org.progeeks.util.PatternSet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Iterable, java.util.Collection, java.util.Set

public class PatternSet
extends java.util.AbstractSet

A set of patterns that can be checked against a string for pattern matches.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Paul Speed

Constructor Summary

PatternSet()

Method Summary

boolean	add(java.lang.Object o)
void	compile() Precompiles the pattern set into a single internal pattern.
java.util.Set	getExactMatches() Returns the mutable set of strings that will be used for exact match testing before checking the set of regular expressions.
java.util.Iterator	iterator()
boolean	matches(java.lang.CharSequence seq) Returns true if any of the collection patterns match the specified char sequence.
int	size()

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractSet

equals, hashCode, removeAll

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractCollection

addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, isEmpty, remove, retainAll, toArray, toArray, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Set

addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, isEmpty, remove, retainAll, toArray, toArray

Constructor Detail

PatternSet

public PatternSet()

Method Detail

getExactMatches

public java.util.Set getExactMatches()

Returns the mutable set of strings that will be used for exact match testing before checking the set of regular expressions.

size

public int size()

Specified by:

size in interface java.util.Collection

Specified by:

size in interface java.util.Set

Specified by:

size in class java.util.AbstractCollection

iterator

public java.util.Iterator iterator()

Specified by:

iterator in interface java.lang.Iterable

Specified by:

iterator in interface java.util.Collection

Specified by:

iterator in interface java.util.Set

Specified by:

iterator in class java.util.AbstractCollection

add

public boolean add(java.lang.Object o)

Specified by:

add in interface java.util.Collection

Specified by:

add in interface java.util.Set

Overrides:

add in class java.util.AbstractCollection

compile

public void compile()

Precompiles the pattern set into a single internal pattern. This is called automatically when the first match is requested.

matches

public boolean matches(java.lang.CharSequence seq)

Returns true if any of the collection patterns match the specified char sequence.