RegexHelper (PMD Java 6.20.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.regex.RegexHelper

```
public final class RegexHelper
extends 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 List<Pattern>`	`compilePatternsFromList(List<String> list)`	Compiles a list of regex into a list of patterns.
`static boolean`	`isMatch(Pattern pattern, 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 List<Pattern> compilePatternsFromList(List<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(Pattern pattern,
                              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