dk.brics.automaton
Class RegExp

java.lang.Object
  dk.brics.automaton.RegExp

public class RegExp
extends java.lang.Object

Regular Expression extension to Automaton.

Regular expressions are built from the following abstract syntax:

regexp	::=	unionexp
	|
unionexp	::=	interexp | unionexp	(union)
	|	interexp
interexp	::=	concatexp & interexp	(intersection)	[OPTIONAL]
	|	concatexp
concatexp	::=	repeatexp concatexp	(concatenation)
	|	repeatexp
repeatexp	::=	repeatexp ?	(zero or one occurrence)
	|	repeatexp *	(zero or more occurrences)
	|	repeatexp +	(one or more occurrences)
	|	repeatexp {n}	(n occurrences)
	|	repeatexp {n,}	(n or more occurrences)
	|	repeatexp {n,m}	(n to m occurrences, including both)
	|	complexp
complexp	::=	~ complexp	(complement)	[OPTIONAL]
	|	charclassexp
charclassexp	::=	[ charclasses ]	(character class)
	|	[^ charclasses ]	(negated character class)
	|	simpleexp
charclasses	::=	charclass charclasses
	|	charclass
charclass	::=	charexp - charexp	(character range, including end-points)
	|	charexp
simpleexp	::=	charexp
	|	.	(any single character)
	|	#	(the empty language)	[OPTIONAL]
	|	@	(any string)	[OPTIONAL]
	|	" <Unicode string without double-quotes> "	(a string)
	|	( )	(the empty string)
	|	( unionexp )	(precedence override)
	|	< <identifier> >	(named automaton)	[OPTIONAL]
	|	<n-m>	(numerical interval)	[OPTIONAL]
charexp	::=	<Unicode character>	(a single non-reserved character)
	|	\ <Unicode character>	(a single character)

The productions marked [OPTIONAL] are only allowed if specified by the syntax flags passed to the RegExp constructor. The reserved characters used in the (enabled) syntax must be escaped with backslash (\) or double-quotes ("..."). (In contrast to other regexp syntaxes, this is required also in character classes.) Be aware that dash (-) has a special meaning in charclass expressions. An identifier is a string not containing right angle bracket (>) or dash (-). Numerical intervals are specified by non-negative decimal integers and include both end points, and if n and m have the same number of digits, then the conforming strings must have that length (i.e. prefixed by 0's).

Author:

Anders Møller <[email protected]>

Field Summary

static int	ALL Syntax flag, enables all optional regexp syntax.
static int	ANYSTRING Syntax flag, enables anystring (@).
static int	AUTOMATON Syntax flag, enables named automata (<identifier>).
static int	COMPLEMENT Syntax flag, enables complement (~).
static int	EMPTY Syntax flag, enables empty language (#).
static int	INTERSECTION Syntax flag, enables intersection (&).
static int	INTERVAL Syntax flag, enables numerical intervals (<n-m>).
static int	NONE Syntax flag, enables no optional regexp syntax.

Constructor Summary

RegExp(java.lang.String s)
Constructs new RegExp from a string.

RegExp(java.lang.String s, int syntax_flags)
Constructs new RegExp from a string.

Method Summary

java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getIdentifiers() Returns set of automaton identifiers that occur in this regular expression.
boolean	setAllowMutate(boolean flag) Sets or resets allow mutate flag.
Automaton	toAutomaton() Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp.
Automaton	toAutomaton(AutomatonProvider automaton_provider) Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp.
Automaton	toAutomaton(AutomatonProvider automaton_provider, boolean minimize) Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp.
Automaton	toAutomaton(boolean minimize) Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp.
Automaton	toAutomaton(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Automaton> automata) Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp.
Automaton	toAutomaton(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Automaton> automata, boolean minimize) Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp.
java.lang.String	toString() Constructs string from parsed regular expression.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INTERSECTION

public static final int INTERSECTION

Syntax flag, enables intersection (&).

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COMPLEMENT

public static final int COMPLEMENT

Syntax flag, enables complement (~).

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EMPTY

public static final int EMPTY

Syntax flag, enables empty language (#).

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ANYSTRING

public static final int ANYSTRING

Syntax flag, enables anystring (@).

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AUTOMATON

public static final int AUTOMATON

Syntax flag, enables named automata (<identifier>).

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INTERVAL

public static final int INTERVAL

Syntax flag, enables numerical intervals (<n-m>).

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ALL

public static final int ALL

Syntax flag, enables all optional regexp syntax.

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NONE

public static final int NONE

Syntax flag, enables no optional regexp syntax.

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Constructor Detail

RegExp

public RegExp(java.lang.String s)
       throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructs new RegExp from a string. Same as RegExp(s, ALL).

Parameters:

s - regexp string

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if an error occured while parsing the regular expression

RegExp

public RegExp(java.lang.String s,
              int syntax_flags)
       throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructs new RegExp from a string.

Parameters:

s - regexp string

syntax_flags - boolean 'or' of optional syntax constructs to be enabled

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if an error occured while parsing the regular expression

Method Detail

toAutomaton

public Automaton toAutomaton()

Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp. Same as toAutomaton(null) (empty automaton map).

toAutomaton

public Automaton toAutomaton(boolean minimize)

Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp. Same as toAutomaton(null,minimize) (empty automaton map).

toAutomaton

public Automaton toAutomaton(AutomatonProvider automaton_provider)
                      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp. The constructed automaton is minimal and deterministic and has no transitions to dead states.

Parameters:

automaton_provider - provider of automata for named identifiers

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this regular expression uses a named identifier that is not available from the automaton provider

toAutomaton

public Automaton toAutomaton(AutomatonProvider automaton_provider,
                             boolean minimize)
                      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp. The constructed automaton has no transitions to dead states.

Parameters:

automaton_provider - provider of automata for named identifiers

minimize - if set, the automaton is minimized and determinized

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this regular expression uses a named identifier that is not available from the automaton provider

toAutomaton

public Automaton toAutomaton(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Automaton> automata)
                      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp. The constructed automaton is minimal and deterministic and has no transitions to dead states.

Parameters:

automata - a map from automaton identifiers to automata (of type Automaton).

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this regular expression uses a named identifier that does not occur in the automaton map

toAutomaton

public Automaton toAutomaton(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,Automaton> automata,
                             boolean minimize)
                      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructs new Automaton from this RegExp. The constructed automaton has no transitions to dead states.

Parameters:

automata - a map from automaton identifiers to automata (of type Automaton).

minimize - if set, the automaton is minimized and determinized

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this regular expression uses a named identifier that does not occur in the automaton map

setAllowMutate

public boolean setAllowMutate(boolean flag)

Sets or resets allow mutate flag. If this flag is set, then automata construction uses mutable automata, which is slightly faster but not thread safe. By default, the flag is not set.

Parameters:

flag - if true, the flag is set

Returns:

previous value of the flag

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Constructs string from parsed regular expression.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getIdentifiers

public java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getIdentifiers()

Returns set of automaton identifiers that occur in this regular expression.