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package org.apache.commons.digester;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

Simple regex pattern matching algorithm.
This uses just two wildcards:

 
* matches any sequence of none, one or more characters
 
? matches any one character 

Escaping these wildcards is not supported .

Since:
1.5/**
 * <p>Simple regex pattern matching algorithm.</p>
 * 
 * <p>This uses just two wildcards:
 * <ul>
 *  <li><code>*</code> matches any sequence of none, one or more characters
 *  <li><code>?</code> matches any one character 
 * </ul>
 * Escaping these wildcards is not supported .</p>
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */

public class SimpleRegexMatcher extends RegexMatcher {
    
    // --------------------------------------------------------- Fields
    
    
Default log (class wide) /** Default log (class wide) */
    private static final Log baseLog = LogFactory.getLog(SimpleRegexMatcher.class);
    
    
Custom log (can be set per object) /** Custom log (can be set per object) */
    private Log log = baseLog;
    
    // --------------------------------------------------------- Properties
    
    
Gets the Log implementation.
/** 
     * Gets the <code>Log</code> implementation.
     */
    public Log getLog() {
        return log;
    }
    
    
Sets the current Log implementation used by this class.
/**
     * Sets the current <code>Log</code> implementation used by this class.
     */
    public void setLog(Log log) {
        this.log = log;
    }
    
    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
    
    
Matches using simple regex algorithm.
Params:
basePattern – the standard digester path representing the element
regexPattern – the regex pattern the path will be tested against
Returns:
true if the given pattern matches the given path/** 
     * Matches using simple regex algorithm.
     * 
     *
     * @param basePattern the standard digester path representing the element
     * @param regexPattern the regex pattern the path will be tested against
     * @return true if the given pattern matches the given path
     */
    @Override
    public boolean match(String basePattern, String regexPattern) {
        // check for nulls
        if (basePattern == null || regexPattern == null) {
            return false;
        }
        return match(basePattern, regexPattern, 0, 0);
    }
    
    // --------------------------------------------------------- Implementations Methods
    
    
Implementation of regex matching algorithm.
This calls itself recursively.
/**
     * Implementation of regex matching algorithm.
     * This calls itself recursively.
     */
    private boolean match(String basePattern, String regexPattern, int baseAt, int regexAt) {
        if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
            log.trace("Base: " + basePattern);
            log.trace("Regex: " + regexPattern);
            log.trace("Base@" + baseAt);
            log.trace("Regex@" + regexAt);
        }
        
        // check bounds
        if (regexAt >= regexPattern.length()) {
            // maybe we've got a match
            if (baseAt >= basePattern.length()) {
                // ok!
                return true;
            }
            // run out early
            return false;
            
        } else {
            if (baseAt >= basePattern.length()) {
                // run out early
                return false;
            }
        }
        
        // ok both within bounds
        char regexCurrent = regexPattern.charAt(regexAt);
        switch (regexCurrent) {
            case '*':
                // this is the tricky case
                // check for terminal 
                if (++regexAt >= regexPattern.length()) {
                    // this matches anything let - so return true
                    return true;
                }
                // go through every subsequent apperance of the next character
                // and so if the rest of the regex matches
                char nextRegex = regexPattern.charAt(regexAt);
                if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
                    log.trace("Searching for next '" + nextRegex + "' char");
                }
                int nextMatch = basePattern.indexOf(nextRegex, baseAt);
                while (nextMatch != -1) {
                    if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
                        log.trace("Trying '*' match@" + nextMatch);
                    }
                    if (match(basePattern, regexPattern, nextMatch, regexAt)) {
                        return true;
                    }
                    nextMatch = basePattern.indexOf(nextRegex, nextMatch + 1);
                }
                log.trace("No matches found.");
                return false;
                
            case '?':
                // this matches anything
                return match(basePattern, regexPattern, ++baseAt, ++regexAt);
            
            default:
                if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
                    log.trace("Camparing " + regexCurrent + " to " + basePattern.charAt(baseAt));
                }
                if (regexCurrent == basePattern.charAt(baseAt)) {
                    // still got more to go
                    return match(basePattern, regexPattern, ++baseAt, ++regexAt);
                }
                return false;
        }
    }
}