Package org.apache.juneau.objecttools

Class StringMatcherFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.juneau.objecttools.MatcherFactory

org.apache.juneau.objecttools.StringMatcherFactory

public class StringMatcherFactory
extends MatcherFactory

String matcher factory for the ObjectSearcher class.

The class provides searching based on the following patterns:

• "property=foo" - Simple full word match
• "property=fo*", "property=?ar" - Meta-character matching
• "property=foo bar"(implicit), "property=^foo ^bar"(explicit) - Multiple OR'ed patterns
• "property=+fo* +*ar" - Multiple AND'ed patterns
• "property=fo* -bar" - Negative patterns
• "property='foo bar'" - Patterns with whitespace
• "property=foo\\'bar" - Patterns with single-quotes
• "property=/foo\\s+bar" - Regular expression match

See Also:

• Overview > juneau-marshall > Object Tools

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final StringMatcherFactory	DEFAULT	Default reusable matcher.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringMatcherFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canMatch(ClassMeta<?> cm)	Returns true if this matcher can be used on the specified object.
AbstractMatcher	create(String pattern)	Instantiates a matcher for the specified pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

DEFAULT

public static final StringMatcherFactory DEFAULT

Default reusable matcher.

Constructor Details

StringMatcherFactory

public StringMatcherFactory()

Method Details

canMatch

public boolean canMatch(ClassMeta<?> cm)

Description copied from class: MatcherFactory

Returns true if this matcher can be used on the specified object.

Specified by:

canMatch in class MatcherFactory

Parameters:

cm - The class type of the object being matched. Never null.

Returns:

true if this matcher can be used on the specified object.

create

public AbstractMatcher create(String pattern)

Description copied from class: MatcherFactory

Instantiates a matcher for the specified pattern.

Specified by:

create in class MatcherFactory

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern string.

Returns:

A matcher for the specified pattern.