ru.lanwen.verbalregex

Class VerbalExpression

java.lang.Object

ru.lanwen.verbalregex.VerbalExpression

public class VerbalExpression
extends Object

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	VerbalExpression.Builder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getText(String toTest) Extract full string that matches regex Same as getText(String, int) for 0 group
String	getText(String toTest, int group) Extract exact group from string
String	getText(String toTest, String group) Extract exact named-group from string
List<String>	getTextGroups(String toTest, int group) Extract exact group from string and add it to list Example: String text = "SampleHelloWorldString"; VerbalExpression regex = regex().capt().oneOf("Hello", "World").endCapt().maybe("String").build(); list = regex.getTextGroups(text, 0) //result: "Hello", "WorldString" list = regex.getTextGroups(text, 1) //result: "Hello", "World"
static VerbalExpression.Builder	regex() Creates new instance of VerbalExpression builder
static VerbalExpression.Builder	regex(VerbalExpression.Builder pBuilder) Creates new instance of VerbalExpression builder from cloned builder
boolean	test(String pToTest) Test that full string contains regex
boolean	testExact(String pToTest) Test that full string matches regular expression
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

testExact

public boolean testExact(String pToTest)

Test that full string matches regular expression

Parameters:

pToTest - - string to check match

Returns:

true if matches exact string, false otherwise

test

public boolean test(String pToTest)

Test that full string contains regex

Parameters:

pToTest - - string to check match

Returns:

true if string contains regex, false otherwise

getText

public String getText(String toTest)

Extract full string that matches regex Same as getText(String, int) for 0 group

Parameters:

toTest - - string to extract from

Returns:

group 0, extracted from text

getText

public String getText(String toTest,
                      int group)

Extract exact group from string

Parameters:

toTest - - string to extract from

group - - group to extract

Returns:

extracted group

Since:

1.1

getText

public String getText(String toTest,
                      String group)

Extract exact named-group from string

Example is see to VerbalExpression.Builder.capture(String)

Parameters:

toTest - - string to extract from

group - - group to extract

Returns:

extracted group

Since:

1.6

getTextGroups

public List<String> getTextGroups(String toTest,
                                  int group)

Extract exact group from string and add it to list Example: String text = "SampleHelloWorldString"; VerbalExpression regex = regex().capt().oneOf("Hello", "World").endCapt().maybe("String").build(); list = regex.getTextGroups(text, 0) //result: "Hello", "WorldString" list = regex.getTextGroups(text, 1) //result: "Hello", "World"

Parameters:

toTest - - string to extract from

group - - group to extract

Returns:

list of extracted groups

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

regex

public static VerbalExpression.Builder regex(VerbalExpression.Builder pBuilder)

Creates new instance of VerbalExpression builder from cloned builder

Parameters:

pBuilder - - instance to clone

Returns:

new VerbalExpression.Builder copied from passed

Since:

1.1

regex

public static VerbalExpression.Builder regex()

Creates new instance of VerbalExpression builder

Returns:

new VerbalExpression.Builder

Since:

1.1