Package classycle.util

Class WildCardPattern

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    StringPattern
    public class WildCardPattern
extends java.lang.Object
implements StringPattern
    Wildcard string pattern matching class. Only '*' is interpreted as wild card meaning the occurance of any number of arbitray characters.

    This is a thread-safe immutable class.

    Example: The code snippet 

    
   StringPattern pattern = new WildCardPattern("Hello*");
   System.out.println(pattern.matches("Hello world!"));
   System.out.println(pattern.matches("Hi Jim!"));
    will produce the output 
    
 true
 false
    Author:
    Franz-Josef Elmer

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      WildCardPattern​(java.lang.String pattern)
      Creates an instance based on the specified pattern.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static StringPattern createFromsPatterns​(java.lang.String patterns, java.lang.String delimiters)
      Returns a StringPattern object based on a sequences of wild-card patterns separated by the specified delimiter characters.
      boolean matches​(java.lang.String string)
      Returns true if the specified string matches the pattern.
      java.lang.String toString()
      Returns the pattern as delivered to the constructor.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Constructor Detail

      • WildCardPattern

        public WildCardPattern​(java.lang.String pattern)
        Creates an instance based on the specified pattern.
        Parameters:
        pattern - Pattern which may contain '*' wildcard characters. Must be not null.

    • Method Detail

      • createFromsPatterns

        public static StringPattern createFromsPatterns​(java.lang.String patterns,
                                                java.lang.String delimiters)
        Returns a StringPattern object based on a sequences of wild-card patterns separated by the specified delimiter characters. The return object matches a string if at least one of the wild-card pattern matches.
        Parameters:
        patterns - Wild-card patterns separated by delimiters defined in delimiters. The actual pattern will be trimmed. That is, leading and trailing white-space characters are removed.
        delimiters - Recognized delimiters.

      • toString

        public java.lang.String toString()
        Returns the pattern as delivered to the constructor.
        Overrides:
        toString in class java.lang.Object

      • matches

        public boolean matches​(java.lang.String string)
        Description copied from interface: StringPattern
        Returns true if the specified string matches the pattern.
        Specified by:
        matches in interface StringPattern
        Parameters:
        string - String to be matched. Can be null.
        Returns:
        false if string == null.