net.sf.saxon.java

Class JRegularExpression

Implemented Interfaces:
RegularExpression, Serializable

public class JRegularExpression
extends java.lang.Object
implements RegularExpression

A compiled regular expression implemented using the Java JDK regex package

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.saxon.regex.RegularExpression

NATIVE_SYNTAX, XML_SCHEMA_SYNTAX, XPATH_SYNTAX

Constructor Summary

JRegularExpression(CharSequence regex, int xmlVersion, int syntax, int flagBits)
Create (compile) a regular expression
JRegularExpression(String javaRegex, int flagBits)
Create a regular expression, starting with an already-translated Java regex

Method Summary

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 match 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.

Constructor Details

JRegularExpression

public JRegularExpression(CharSequence regex,
                          int xmlVersion,
                          int syntax,
                          int flagBits)
            throws XPathException
Create (compile) a regular expression
Parameters:
regex - the source text of the regular expression, in XML Schema or XPath syntax
xmlVersion - indicates whether \i and \c have their XML 1.0 or XML 1.1 meanings
syntax - indicates whether XPath, XML Schema, or Java native regular expression syntax is to be used
flagBits - the flags argument translated to the Java bit-significant integer representation
Throws:
XPathException - if the syntax of the regular expression or flags is incorrect

JRegularExpression

public JRegularExpression(String javaRegex,
                          int flagBits)
Create a regular expression, starting with an already-translated Java regex
Parameters:
javaRegex - the regular expression after translation to Java notation
flagBits - the option bits, derived from the user-specified flags

Method Details

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

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

getFlagBits

public int getFlagBits()
Get the flag bits as used by the Java regular expression engine
Returns:
the flag bits

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

matches

public boolean matches(CharSequence input)
Determine whether the regular expression match 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

setFlags

public static int setFlags(CharSequence inFlags)
            throws XPathException
Set the Java flags from the supplied XPath flags.
Parameters:
inFlags - the flags as a string, e.g. "im"
Returns:
the flags as a bit-significant integer
Throws:
XPathException - if the supplied value 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