com.opensymphony.xwork2.util
Interface PatternMatcher<E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

NamedVariablePatternMatcher, WildcardHelper

public interface PatternMatcher<E>

Compiles and matches a pattern against a value

Since:

2.1

Method Summary

E	compilePattern(String data) Translate the given String into an object representing the pattern matchable by this class.
boolean	isLiteral(String pattern) Determines if the pattern is a simple literal string or contains wildcards that will need to be processed
boolean	match(Map<String,String> map, String data, E expr) Match a pattern against a string

Method Detail

isLiteral

boolean isLiteral(String pattern)

Determines if the pattern is a simple literal string or contains wildcards that will need to be processed

Parameters:

pattern - The string pattern

Returns:

True if the pattern doesn't contain processing elements, false otherwise

compilePattern

E compilePattern(String data)

Translate the given String into an object representing the pattern matchable by this class.

Parameters:

data - The string to translate.

Returns:

The encoded string

Throws:

NullPointerException - If data is null.

match

boolean match(Map<String,String> map,
              String data,
              E expr)

Match a pattern against a string

Parameters:

map - The map to store matched values

data - The string to match

expr - The compiled wildcard expression

Returns:

True if a match

Throws:

NullPointerException - If any parameters are null