org.apache.streams.regex

Class RegexUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.streams.regex.RegexUtils

public class RegexUtils
extends Object

Provides utilities for extracting matches from content.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Map<String,List<Integer>>	extractMatches(String pattern, String content) Extracts matches of the given pattern in the content and returns them as a list.
static Map<String,List<Integer>>	extractWordMatches(String pattern, String content) Extracts matches of the given pattern that are bounded by separation characters and returns them as a list.
protected static Map<String,List<Integer>>	getMatches(String pattern, String content, int capture)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

extractMatches

public static Map<String,List<Integer>> extractMatches(String pattern,
                                                       String content)

Extracts matches of the given pattern in the content and returns them as a list.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern for the substring to match. For example, [0-9]* matches 911 in Emergency number is 911.

content - the complete content to find matches in.

Returns:

a non-null list of matches.

extractWordMatches

public static Map<String,List<Integer>> extractWordMatches(String pattern,
                                                           String content)

Extracts matches of the given pattern that are bounded by separation characters and returns them as a list.

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern for the substring to match. For example, [0-9]* matches 911 in Emergency number is 911.

content - the complete content to find matches in.

Returns:

a non-null list of matches.

getMatches

protected static Map<String,List<Integer>> getMatches(String pattern,
                                                      String content,
                                                      int capture)