org.apache.regexp

Class RECompiler

java.lang.Object

org.apache.regexp.RECompiler

public class RECompiler
extends Object

A regular expression compiler class. This class compiles a pattern string into a regular expression program interpretable by the RE evaluator class. For a description of the syntax accepted by RECompiler and what you can do with regular expressions, see the documentation for the RE matcher class.

Version:

$Id: RECompiler.java 518156 2007-03-14 14:31:26Z vgritsenko $

Author:

Jonathan Locke, Michael McCallum

See Also:

RE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RECompiler() Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
REProgram	compile(String pattern) Compiles a regular expression pattern into a program runnable by the pattern matcher class 'RE'.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RECompiler

public RECompiler()

Constructor. Creates (initially empty) storage for a regular expression program.

Method Detail

compile

public REProgram compile(String pattern)
                  throws RESyntaxException

Compiles a regular expression pattern into a program runnable by the pattern matcher class 'RE'.

Parameters:

pattern - Regular expression pattern to compile (see RECompiler class for details).

Returns:

A compiled regular expression program.

Throws:

RESyntaxException - Thrown if the regular expression has invalid syntax.

See Also:

RECompiler, RE