org.entityfs.util.filter.regexp
Class GlobSupport

java.lang.Object
  org.entityfs.util.filter.regexp.GlobSupport

public final class GlobSupport
extends Object

Utility class for converting between a glob pattern and a Java regexp Pattern. This uses the same approach as the Jakarta ORO GlobCompiler .

EntityFS version 1.1 introduces the Glob class which works more like Java's Pattern class.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Karl Gustafsson

See Also:

Glob

In_jar:

entityfs-util

Method Summary

static Pattern	getPattern(String glob) Get a Java regexp Pattern from a glob pattern.
static Pattern	getPattern(String glob, int flags) Get a Java regexp Pattern from a glob pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getPattern

public static Pattern getPattern(String glob)
                          throws PatternSyntaxException

Get a Java regexp Pattern from a glob pattern.

Parameters:

glob - The glob pattern

Returns:

A Java regexp pattern.

Throws:

PatternSyntaxException - On syntax errors (and perhaps internal bugs...)

See Also:

Glob.getPattern(), Glob.Glob(String)

getPattern

public static Pattern getPattern(String glob,
                                 int flags)
                          throws PatternSyntaxException

Get a Java regexp Pattern from a glob pattern.

Parameters:

glob - The glob pattern.

flags - Flags for the created Pattern object.

Returns:

A Java regexp pattern

Throws:

PatternSyntaxException - On syntax errors

See Also:

Glob.getPattern(), Glob.Glob(String, int)