Package dev.sigstore.strings

Interface StringMatcher

All Superinterfaces:

Predicate<String>

public interface StringMatcher
extends Predicate<String>

An interface for allowing direct string matching or regular expressions. Use the static factory string(String) or regex(String) to instantiate the appropriate matcher. Custom implementations should override Object.toString() for better error reporting.

Method Summary

Static Methods

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StringMatcher	regex(String string)	Create a matcher using regular expressions.
static StringMatcher	string(String string)	Create a matcher for string equality.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Predicate

and, negate, or, test

Method Details

string

static StringMatcher string(String string)

Create a matcher for string equality.

regex

static StringMatcher regex(String string)
                    throws RegexSyntaxException

Create a matcher using regular expressions. Regex matching ignores null values and returns false instead of erroring.

Parameters:

string - the input pattern

Returns:

a regex based instance

Throws:

RegexSyntaxException - if the input pattern is not valid regex. This is a runtime exception and probably should be handled