Package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.regex

Class RegexHelper

  • public final class RegexHelper
extends java.lang.Object
    A simple helper class to regroup a bunch of method generally used by rules using regex.
    Author:
    Romain PELISSE, [email protected]

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static java.util.List<java.util.regex.Pattern> compilePatternsFromList​(java.util.List<java.lang.String> list)
      Compiles a list of regex into a list of patterns.
      static boolean isMatch​(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern, java.lang.String subject)
      Simple commodity method (also designed to increase readability of source code, and to decrease import in the calling class).

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Method Detail

      • compilePatternsFromList

        public static java.util.List<java.util.regex.Pattern> compilePatternsFromList​(java.util.List<java.lang.String> list)
        Compiles a list of regex into a list of patterns.
        Parameters:
        list - the regex list
        Returns:
        the pattern list

      • isMatch

        public static boolean isMatch​(java.util.regex.Pattern pattern,
                              java.lang.String subject)
        Simple commodity method (also designed to increase readability of source code, and to decrease import in the calling class). Provide a pattern and a subject, it'll do the proper matching.
        Parameters:
        pattern - a compiled regex pattern
        subject - a String to match
        Returns:
        true if there is a match; false otherwise