net.geant.edugain.attributes.matchers
Class RegularExpressionHelper

java.lang.Object
  net.geant.edugain.attributes.matchers.RegularExpressionHelper

 class RegularExpressionHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class for Regular expression matching. This utility class is used by the matchers when regular expression matching is necessary.

Author:

Adam Lantos

Field Summary

private org.apache.log4j.Logger	log
private java.util.regex.Pattern	pattern Compiled regular expression pattern.

Constructor Summary

RegularExpressionHelper(MatchType configuration)
Instantiate and initialize the matcher with the configuration data.

Method Summary

java.util.List<java.lang.String>

doMatch(java.lang.String value) Do the actual matching against the value and return the matcher groups as List<String>.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

pattern

private java.util.regex.Pattern pattern

Compiled regular expression pattern.

log

private org.apache.log4j.Logger log

Constructor Detail

RegularExpressionHelper

public RegularExpressionHelper(MatchType configuration)

Instantiate and initialize the matcher with the configuration data.

Parameters:

configuration -

Method Detail

doMatch

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> doMatch(java.lang.String value)

Do the actual matching against the value and return the matcher groups as List<String>.

Parameters:

value - the String to match.

Returns:

the matching groups for this expression.