net.sf.saxon.regex

Class JavaRegularExpression

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.regex.JavaRegularExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, RegularExpression

public class JavaRegularExpression
extends Object
implements RegularExpression

An implementation of RegularExpression that calls the JDK regular expression library directly. This can be invoked by appending ";j" to the flags attribute/argument

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JavaRegularExpression(CharSequence javaRegex, String flags) Create a regular expression, starting with an already-translated Java regex.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
RegexIterator	analyze(CharSequence input) Use this regular expression to analyze an input string, in support of the XSLT analyze-string instruction.
boolean	containsMatch(CharSequence input) Determine whether the regular expression contains a match for a given string
int	getFlagBits() Get the flag bits as used by the Java regular expression engine
String	getJavaRegularExpression() Get the Java regular expression (after translation from an XPath regex, but before compilation)
boolean	matches(CharSequence input) Determine whether the regular expression matches a given string in its entirety
CharSequence	replace(CharSequence input, CharSequence replacement) Replace all substrings of a supplied input string that match the regular expression with a replacement string.
static int	setFlags(CharSequence inFlags) Set the Java flags from the supplied XPath flags.
SequenceIterator	tokenize(CharSequence input) Use this regular expression to tokenize an input string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JavaRegularExpression

public JavaRegularExpression(CharSequence javaRegex,
                     String flags)
                      throws XPathException

Create a regular expression, starting with an already-translated Java regex. NOTE: this constructor is called from compiled XQuery code

Parameters:

javaRegex - the regular expression after translation to Java notation

flags - the user-specified flags (prior to any semicolon)

Throws:

XPathException

Method Detail

getJavaRegularExpression

public String getJavaRegularExpression()

Get the Java regular expression (after translation from an XPath regex, but before compilation)

Returns:

the regular expression in Java notation

getFlagBits

public int getFlagBits()

Get the flag bits as used by the Java regular expression engine

Returns:

the flag bits

analyze

public RegexIterator analyze(CharSequence input)

Use this regular expression to analyze an input string, in support of the XSLT analyze-string instruction. The resulting RegexIterator provides both the matching and non-matching substrings, and allows them to be distinguished. It also provides access to matched subgroups.

Specified by:

analyze in interface RegularExpression

Parameters:

input - the character string to be analyzed using the regular expression

Returns:

an iterator over matched and unmatched substrings

containsMatch

public boolean containsMatch(CharSequence input)

Determine whether the regular expression contains a match for a given string

Specified by:

containsMatch in interface RegularExpression

Parameters:

input - the string to match

Returns:

true if the string matches, false otherwise

matches

public boolean matches(CharSequence input)

Determine whether the regular expression matches a given string in its entirety

Specified by:

matches in interface RegularExpression

Parameters:

input - the string to match

Returns:

true if the string matches, false otherwise

replace

public CharSequence replace(CharSequence input,
                   CharSequence replacement)
                     throws XPathException

Replace all substrings of a supplied input string that match the regular expression with a replacement string.

Specified by:

replace in interface RegularExpression

Parameters:

input - the input string on which replacements are to be performed

replacement - the replacement string in the format of the XPath replace() function

Returns:

the result of performing the replacement

Throws:

XPathException - if the replacement string is invalid

tokenize

public SequenceIterator tokenize(CharSequence input)

Use this regular expression to tokenize an input string.

Specified by:

tokenize in interface RegularExpression

Parameters:

input - the string to be tokenized

Returns:

a SequenceIterator containing the resulting tokens, as objects of type StringValue

setFlags

public static int setFlags(CharSequence inFlags)
                    throws XPathException

Set the Java flags from the supplied XPath flags. The flags recognized have their Java-defined meanings rather than their XPath-defined meanings. The available flags are:

d - UNIX_LINES

m - MULTILINE

i - CASE_INSENSITIVE

s - DOTALL

x - COMMENTS

u - UNICODE_CASE

q - LITERAL

c - CANON_EQ

Parameters:

inFlags - the flags as a string, e.g. "im"

Returns:

the flags as a bit-significant integer

Throws:

XPathException - if the supplied value contains an unrecognized flag character

See Also:

Pattern