Interface RegexEngine
- All Known Implementing Classes:
RegexEngineImpl,RegexEngineImpl
public interface RegexEngine
A provider of a regular expression matching capability.
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Method Summary
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Method Details
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compile
Compiles a string containing a regular expression into aRegexobject. TheRegexobject can be used to test whether a string matches the regular expression.- Parameters:
str- a String containing a regular expression- Returns:
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Regexforstr - Throws:
RegexSyntaxException- ifstris not a valid regular expression
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