org.exolab.castor.util
Interface RegExpEvaluator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AlwaysTrueRegExpEvaluator, JakartaOroEvaluator, JakartaRegExpEvaluator, PatternValidator.DefaultRegExpEvaluator, XercesRegExpEvaluator

public interface RegExpEvaluator

A simple interface for evaluating Regular expressions

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ $Date: 2003/03/03 07:09:06 $

Author:

Keith Visco

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

matches

public boolean matches(java.lang.String value)

Returns true if the given String is matched by 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

public void setExpression(java.lang.String rexpr)

Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to #matches

Parameters:

rexpr - the regular expression