com.sun.appserv.management.util.misc
Class RegexUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.appserv.management.util.misc.RegexUtil

public final class RegexUtil
extends Object

Useful utilities for regex handling

Field Summary

static String

REGEX_SPECIALS These characters will be escaped by wildcardToJavaRegex()

Method Summary

static Pattern[]	exprsToPatterns(String[] exprs) Converts each String to a Pattern using wildcardToJavaRegex
static Pattern[]	exprsToPatterns(String[] exprs, int flags) Converts each String to a Pattern using wildcardToJavaRegex, passing the flags.
static String	wildcardToJavaRegex(String input) Supports the single wildcard "*".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

REGEX_SPECIALS

public static final String REGEX_SPECIALS

These characters will be escaped by wildcardToJavaRegex()

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

exprsToPatterns

public static Pattern[] exprsToPatterns(String[] exprs)

Converts each String to a Pattern using wildcardToJavaRegex

Parameters:

exprs - String[] of expressions

Returns:

Pattern[], one for each String

exprsToPatterns

public static Pattern[] exprsToPatterns(String[] exprs,
                                        int flags)

Converts each String to a Pattern using wildcardToJavaRegex, passing the flags.

Parameters:

exprs - String[] of expressions

flags - flags to pass to Pattern.compile

Returns:

Pattern[], one for each String

wildcardToJavaRegex

public static String wildcardToJavaRegex(String input)

Supports the single wildcard "*". There is no support for searching for a literal "*". Convert a string to a form suitable for passing to java.util.regex.