Package org.rapidcontext.util

Class RegexUtil

java.lang.Object

org.rapidcontext.util.RegexUtil

public final class RegexUtil
extends Object

A set of utility methods for handling regular expressions.

Version:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	firstMatch(Pattern[] arr, String str)	Returns the first match from an array of regular expressions.
static String	firstMatch(Pattern re, String str)	Returns the first match for a regular expression.
static String	fromGlob(String glob)	Converts a glob expression to a regular expression.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

firstMatch

public static String firstMatch(Pattern re,
 String str)

Returns the first match for a regular expression.

Parameters:

re - the compiled regex pattern

str - the string to match

Returns:

the matched substring, or null if no match was found

firstMatch

public static String firstMatch(Pattern[] arr,
 String str)

Returns the first match from an array of regular expressions.

Parameters:

arr - the array of compiled regex patterns

str - the string to match

Returns:

the matched substring, or null if no match was found

fromGlob

public static String fromGlob(String glob)

Converts a glob expression to a regular expression. Handles the special characters '?', '*' and '**'.

Parameters:

glob - the glob to convert

Returns:

the corresponding regular expression