de.ipcon.tools

Class SimpleRegex

java.lang.Object

de.ipcon.tools.SimpleRegex

public class SimpleRegex
extends java.lang.Object

Class providing support for very simple "DOS style" regular expressions. ? matches any one character (like . in Perl regex) matches any number of any characters (like .*? in Perl regex)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.util.regex.Pattern	getPattern(java.lang.String _source) Compiles a simple regular expression into a suitable java.util.regex.Pattern.
static java.util.regex.Pattern	getPattern(java.lang.String _source, int _flags)
static java.lang.String	translateSourceToSQL(java.lang.String _source) Translates a given "simple regex" into an SQL-"LIKE" compatible regex.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getPattern

public static java.util.regex.Pattern getPattern(java.lang.String _source)
                                          throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException

Compiles a simple regular expression into a suitable java.util.regex.Pattern.

Parameters:

_source - the simple regex

Returns:

a java.util.regex.Pattern that matches the simple regex

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException

getPattern

public static java.util.regex.Pattern getPattern(java.lang.String _source,
                                                 int _flags)
                                          throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException

translateSourceToSQL

public static java.lang.String translateSourceToSQL(java.lang.String _source)

Translates a given "simple regex" into an SQL-"LIKE" compatible regex.

Parameters:

_source - a simple regex

Returns:

a String that can be given to an SQL-"LIKE" clause