Package org.apache.ivy.plugins.matcher

Class AbstractPatternMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.apache.ivy.plugins.matcher.AbstractPatternMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

PatternMatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExactOrRegexpPatternMatcher, ExactPatternMatcher, GlobPatternMatcher, RegexpPatternMatcher

public abstract class AbstractPatternMatcher
extends java.lang.Object
implements PatternMatcher

An abstract implementation of the pattern matcher providing base template methods

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.ivy.plugins.matcher.PatternMatcher

ANY_EXPRESSION, EXACT, EXACT_OR_REGEXP, GLOB, REGEXP

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractPatternMatcher(java.lang.String name)	Create a new instance of a pattern matcher

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Matcher	getMatcher(java.lang.String expression)	Return the matcher for the given expression.
java.lang.String	getName()	return the name of this pattern matcher
protected abstract Matcher	newMatcher(java.lang.String expression)	Returns an instance of the implementation specific matcher.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractPatternMatcher

public AbstractPatternMatcher(java.lang.String name)

Create a new instance of a pattern matcher

Parameters:

name - the name of the pattern matcher. Never null.

Method Detail

getMatcher

public Matcher getMatcher(java.lang.String expression)

Description copied from interface: PatternMatcher

Return the matcher for the given expression.

Specified by:

getMatcher in interface PatternMatcher

Parameters:

expression - the expression to be matched. Cannot be null ?

Returns:

the matcher instance for the given expression. Never null.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: PatternMatcher

return the name of this pattern matcher

Specified by:

getName in interface PatternMatcher

Returns:

the name of this pattern matcher. Never null.

See Also:

PatternMatcher.EXACT, PatternMatcher.REGEXP, PatternMatcher.GLOB, PatternMatcher.EXACT_OR_REGEXP

newMatcher

protected abstract Matcher newMatcher(java.lang.String expression)

Returns an instance of the implementation specific matcher.

Parameters:

expression - the string to be matched.

Returns:

the instance of the related matcher. Never null.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object