net.sf.japaki.text
Class RegexFormat

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      net.sf.japaki.text.AbstractFormat
          net.sf.japaki.text.RegexFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class RegexFormat
extends AbstractFormat

A string format combined with a filter. It parses all strings matching a regular expression and ending with a delimiter.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class net.sf.japaki.text.AbstractFormat

AbstractFormat.DefaultField

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.Format

Format.Field

Constructor Summary

RegexFormat(String delimiter)
Constructs a new RegexFormat.

Method Summary

static RegexFormat	newInstance(Pattern delimiter, Pattern pattern) Constructs a new RegexFormat.
static RegexFormat	newInstance(String delimiter, String pattern) Constructs a new RegexFormat.
Object	parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos) Takes the head of the sourcestring up to the first occurence of the delimiter and tries to match it to the regular expression.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.japaki.text.AbstractFormat

appendAndSetIndexes, format, getField, setField

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexFormat

public RegexFormat(String delimiter)

Constructs a new RegexFormat. Since there is no pattern, any string will pass parseObject.

Parameters:

delimiter - see above

Throws:

NullPointerException - if delimiter is null

Method Detail

newInstance

public static RegexFormat newInstance(Pattern delimiter,
                                      Pattern pattern)

Constructs a new RegexFormat.

Parameters:

delimiter - see above

pattern - see above

Returns:

the new format

Throws:

NullPointerException - if delimiter is null

newInstance

public static RegexFormat newInstance(String delimiter,
                                      String pattern)

Constructs a new RegexFormat.

Parameters:

delimiter - see above

pattern - see above

Returns:

the new format

Throws:

NullPointerException - if delimiter is null

parseObject

public Object parseObject(String source,
                          ParsePosition pos)

Takes the head of the sourcestring up to the first occurence of the delimiter and tries to match it to the regular expression.

Specified by:

parseObject in class Format

Parameters:

source - A String, part of which should be parsed

pos - A ParsePosition object with index and error index information.

Returns:

the head of the sourcestring without the delimiter

Throws:

NullPointerException - if source or pos is null.