org.apache.jackrabbit.spi.commons.name
Class Matcher

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jackrabbit.spi.commons.name.Matcher

public final class Matcher
extends Object

Utility class for matching Patterns against Pathes.

Method Summary

static MatchResult	findMatch(Pattern pattern, Path input) Find the first match of a pattern in a path.
static MatchResult	findMatch(Pattern pattern, Path input, int pos) Find the first match of a pattern in a path starting at a given position.
static Path	match(Pattern pattern, Path input) Match a pattern against an input path and return the remaining path.
static boolean	matches(Pattern pattern, Path input) Checks whether a pattern matches an input path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

match

public static Path match(Pattern pattern,
                         Path input)

Match a pattern against an input path and return the remaining path.

Parameters:

pattern -

input -

Returns:

The remaining path after the match or null if the whole path was matched.

See Also:

MatchResult.getRemainder()

matches

public static boolean matches(Pattern pattern,
                              Path input)

Checks whether a pattern matches an input path.

Parameters:

pattern -

input -

Returns:

true if pattern matches the whole input.

See Also:

MatchResult.isFullMatch()

findMatch

public static MatchResult findMatch(Pattern pattern,
                                    Path input)

Find the first match of a pattern in a path.

Parameters:

pattern -

input -

Returns:

A MatchResult or null if the pattern does not occur in the input.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if input is not normalized.

findMatch

public static MatchResult findMatch(Pattern pattern,
                                    Path input,
                                    int pos)

Find the first match of a pattern in a path starting at a given position.

Parameters:

pattern -

input -

pos -

Returns:

A MatchResult or null if the pattern does not occur in the input.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if input is not normalized.