org.apache.regex
Class Match

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.regex.Match

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class Match

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Cloneable

An instance of this class has ranges captured in matching.

Version:

$Id: Match.java,v 1.1 2003/07/29 13:17:06 stefanwachter Exp $

Author:

TAMURA Kent <kent@trl.ibm.co.jp>

See Also:

RegularExpression.matches(char[], int, int, Match), RegularExpression.matches(char[], Match), RegularExpression.matches(java.text.CharacterIterator, Match), RegularExpression.matches(java.lang.String, int, int, Match), RegularExpression.matches(java.lang.String, Match)

Constructor Summary

Match()
Creates an instance.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone()
int	getBeginning(int index) Return a start position in the target text matched to specified regular expression group.
java.lang.String	getCapturedText(int index) Return an substring of the target text matched to specified regular expression group.
int	getEnd(int index) Return an end position in the target text matched to specified regular expression group.
int	getNumberOfGroups() Return the number of regular expression groups.
protected void	setBeginning(int index, int v)
protected void	setEnd(int index, int v)
protected void	setNumberOfGroups(int n)
protected void	setSource(char[] chars)
protected void	setSource(java.text.CharacterIterator ci)
protected void	setSource(java.lang.String str)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Match

public Match()

Creates an instance.

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

setNumberOfGroups

protected void setNumberOfGroups(int n)

setSource

protected void setSource(java.text.CharacterIterator ci)

setSource

protected void setSource(java.lang.String str)

setSource

protected void setSource(char[] chars)

setBeginning

protected void setBeginning(int index,
                            int v)

setEnd

protected void setEnd(int index,
                      int v)

getNumberOfGroups

public int getNumberOfGroups()

Return the number of regular expression groups. This method returns 1 when the regular expression has no capturing-parenthesis.

getBeginning

public int getBeginning(int index)

Return a start position in the target text matched to specified regular expression group.

Parameters:

index - Less than getNumberOfGroups().

getEnd

public int getEnd(int index)

Return an end position in the target text matched to specified regular expression group.

Parameters:

index - Less than getNumberOfGroups().

getCapturedText

public java.lang.String getCapturedText(int index)

Return an substring of the target text matched to specified regular expression group.

Parameters:

index - Less than getNumberOfGroups().