org.fest.swing.util

Class PatternTextMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.fest.swing.util.PatternTextMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

TextMatcher

public class PatternTextMatcher
extends Object
implements TextMatcher

Understands matching text to a group of String values. Matching is perform by equality or by regular expression matching.

Author:

Alex Ruiz

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PatternTextMatcher(Pattern... patterns) Creates a new PatternTextMatcher.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	description() Returns "pattern" if this matcher contains only one pattern, or "patterns" if this matcher contains more than one pattern.
String	formattedValues() Returns the regular expression patterns in this matcher, formatted as a single String.
boolean	isMatching(String text) Indicates whether the given text matches the regular expression patterns in this matcher.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PatternTextMatcher

public PatternTextMatcher(Pattern... patterns)

Creates a new PatternTextMatcher.

Parameters:

patterns - the regular expression patterns to match.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the array of patterns is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if the array of patterns is empty.

Method Detail

isMatching

public boolean isMatching(String text)

Indicates whether the given text matches the regular expression patterns in this matcher.

Specified by:

isMatching in interface TextMatcher

Parameters:

text - the text to verify.

Returns:

true if the given text matches the Pattern values in this matcher, false otherwise.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if any of the regular expressions is null.

description

public String description()

Returns "pattern" if this matcher contains only one pattern, or "patterns" if this matcher contains more than one pattern.

Specified by:

description in interface TextMatcher

Returns:

"pattern" if this matcher contains only one pattern, or "patterns" if this matcher contains more than one pattern.

formattedValues

public String formattedValues()

Returns the regular expression patterns in this matcher, formatted as a single String.

Specified by:

formattedValues in interface TextMatcher

Returns:

the regular expression patterns in this matcher, formatted as a single String.