net.axyana.qizxopen.util
Class StringPattern

java.lang.Object
  net.axyana.qizxopen.util.StringPattern

Direct Known Subclasses:

GlobPattern, RegexpPattern, SoundsLikePattern

public class StringPattern

extends java.lang.Object

Matching of a string with a pattern.

This superclass implements the identity comparison.

Constructor Summary

StringPattern(char[] pattern, int length)

Method Summary

boolean	exactMatch()
java.lang.String	fixedPrefix() Returns the leading constant part of the pattern.
char[]	getPattern()
boolean	matches(char[] string) Redefinable matching method.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringPattern

public StringPattern(char[] pattern,
                     int length)

Method Detail

exactMatch

public boolean exactMatch()

fixedPrefix

public java.lang.String fixedPrefix()

Returns the leading constant part of the pattern. Used to boost matching and lookup in indexes.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

getPattern

public char[] getPattern()

matches

public boolean matches(char[] string)

Redefinable matching method.