net.sf.mmm.util.pattern.base
Class RegexPatternCompiler

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.mmm.util.pattern.base.RegexPatternCompiler

All Implemented Interfaces:

PatternCompiler

Direct Known Subclasses:

RegexInfixPatternCompiler

public class RegexPatternCompiler
extends Object
implements PatternCompiler

This is the canonical implementation of the PatternCompiler interface. It simply delegates to Pattern.compile(String, int).

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

private int

flags

Constructor Summary

RegexPatternCompiler()
The constructor.

RegexPatternCompiler(int flags)
The constructor.

Method Summary

Pattern

compile(String pattern)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

flags

private final int flags

See Also:

RegexPatternCompiler(int)

Constructor Detail

RegexPatternCompiler

public RegexPatternCompiler()

The constructor.

RegexPatternCompiler

public RegexPatternCompiler(int flags)

The constructor.

Parameters:

flags - are the compiler flags.

Method Detail

compile

public Pattern compile(String pattern)
                throws IllegalArgumentException

Specified by:

compile in interface PatternCompiler

Parameters:

pattern - is the expression to be compiled as pattern.

Returns:

the compiled pattern. May only return null if explicitly documented by the underlying implementation. E.g. if the given pattern is just a plain string without wildcards.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given pattern has illegal syntax for the underlying compiler.

See Also:

Pattern.compile(String)