Package org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer

Class RegexUtils

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.RegexUtils

public final class RegexUtils
extends Object

Utility methods to help with regex manipulation.

Since:

1.3

Author:

Stephen Connolly

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	REGEX_QUOTE_END	The end of a regex literal sequence.
static final String	REGEX_QUOTE_END_ESCAPED	Escape the escapes.
static final String	REGEX_QUOTE_START	The start of a regex literal sequence.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Pattern	compileWildcard(String wildcard)	Compiles a pattern matcher using wildcard based matching.
static String	convertWildcardsToRegex(String wildcardRule, boolean exactMatch)	Converts a wildcard rule to a regex rule.
static String	quote(String s)	Takes a string and returns the regex that will match that string exactly.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

REGEX_QUOTE_END

public static final String REGEX_QUOTE_END

The end of a regex literal sequence.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

REGEX_QUOTE_START

public static final String REGEX_QUOTE_START

The start of a regex literal sequence.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

REGEX_QUOTE_END_ESCAPED

public static final String REGEX_QUOTE_END_ESCAPED

Escape the escapes.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

quote

public static String quote(String s)

Takes a string and returns the regex that will match that string exactly.

Parameters:

s - The string to match.

Returns:

The regex that will match the string exactly.

Since:

1.3

convertWildcardsToRegex

public static String convertWildcardsToRegex(String wildcardRule,
 boolean exactMatch)

Converts a wildcard rule to a regex rule.

Parameters:

wildcardRule - the wildcard rule.

exactMatch - true results in an regex that will match the entire string, while false will match the start of the string.

Returns:

The regex rule.

compileWildcard

public static Pattern compileWildcard(String wildcard)

Compiles a pattern matcher using wildcard based matching.

Parameters:

wildcard - The wildcards rule to match.

Returns:

A pattern to match the supplied wildcards rule.