Interface RegexEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:
RegexEngineImpl, RegexEngineImpl

public interface RegexEngine
A provider of a regular expression matching capability.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Compiles a string containing a regular expression into a Regex object.
  • Method Details

    • compile

      Regex compile(String str) throws RegexSyntaxException
      Compiles a string containing a regular expression into a Regex object. The Regex object can be used to test whether a string matches the regular expression.
      Parameters:
      str - a String containing a regular expression
      Returns:
      a Regex for str
      Throws:
      RegexSyntaxException - if str is not a valid regular expression