1 package org.codehaus.mojo.taglist.tags;
2
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21
22 import java.util.Locale;
23
24 /** The abstract base class for tags.
25 *
26 * This class defines the required functions that each type of
27 * tag must implement. The goal here is to allow different types
28 * of tags to be created by the user, but the call processing
29 * for each tag can be generic.
30 *
31 * For example, a generic tag might search files for an exact string
32 * match of the tag, but a regex tag will use regular expressions in
33 * its searching. Either way, the processing classes call each tag
34 * with the same function and get the same results.
35 *
36 */
37 public abstract class AbsTag
38 {
39 /** The int value for no tag match found.
40 * This value matches what is returned from Java String class
41 * indexOf(..string..) function. */
42 static final int NO_MATCH = -1;
43
44 /** The tag string for this tag. The string here is generic, and its
45 * use is defined by the derived tag objects.
46 */
47 protected String tagString = null;
48
49
50 /** Check to see if the string contains this tag.
51 * If there is a match, return the index within the string; otherwise,
52 * return NO_MATCH.
53 *
54 * @param currentLine the string for the current line being scanned.
55 * @param locale the Locale of the currentLine.
56 * @return the index within the string of the matched tag, or TagClass.NO_MATCH
57 * if not match was found.
58 */
59 public abstract int contains( final String currentLine, final Locale locale );
60
61 /** Check to see if the string starts with this tag.
62 * If there is a match, return true.
63 *
64 * @param currentLine the string for the current line being scanned.
65 * @param locale the Locale of the currentLine.
66 * @return true if the string starts with this tag.
67 */
68 public abstract boolean startsWith( final String currentLine, final Locale locale );
69
70 /** Return the length of the last matched tag.
71 *
72 * Normally this is the length of the tag; however, some tags
73 * are dynamic. For example a regular expression tag might be
74 * 10 characters; however, the matched string may only be 5.
75 *
76 * Calling this function allows the tag object to return the
77 * correct length for the last matched tag.
78 *
79 * @return the length of the last matched tag.
80 */
81 public abstract int getLastTagMatchLength();
82
83 /** Constructor.
84 *
85 * @param tag the tag string to be used for this tag.
86 */
87 protected AbsTag ( final String tag )
88 {
89 tagString = tag;
90 }
91
92 }