com.thaiopensource.datatype.xsd.regex
Interface RegexEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

RegexEngineImpl, RegexEngineImpl

public interface RegexEngine

A provider of a regular expression matching capability.

Method Summary

Regex

compile(java.lang.String str) Compiles a string containing a regular expression into a Regex object.

Method Detail

compile

public Regex compile(java.lang.String str)
              throws RegexSyntaxException

Compiles a string containing a regular expression into a Regex object. The Regex object can be used to test whether a string matches the regular expression.

Parameters:

str - a String containing a regular expression

Returns:

a Regex for str

Throws:

RegexSyntaxException - if str is not a valid regular expression