package org.apache.commons.digester3;

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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 BASE_LOG = LogFactory.getLog( SimpleRegexMatcher.class );
Custom log (can be set per object)
/** Custom log (can be set per object) */
private Log log = BASE_LOG; // --------------------------------------------------------- Properties
Gets the Log implementation.
Returns:the Log implementation.
/** * Gets the <code>Log</code> implementation. * * @return the <code>Log</code> implementation. */
public Log getLog() { return log; }
Sets the current Log implementation used by this class.
Params:
  • log – the current Log implementation used by this class.
/** * Sets the current <code>Log</code> implementation used by this class. * * @param log the current <code>Log</code> implementation used by this class. */
public void setLog( Log log ) { this.log = log; } // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
{@inheritDoc}
/** * {@inheritDoc} */
@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.
Params:
  • basePattern – the standard digester path representing the element
  • regexPattern – the regex pattern the path will be tested against
  • baseAt – FIXME
  • regexAt – FIXME
/** * Implementation of regex matching algorithm. This calls itself recursively. * * @param basePattern the standard digester path representing the element * @param regexPattern the regex pattern the path will be tested against * @param baseAt FIXME * @param regexAt FIXME */
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; } 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; } } }