Package com.thepluginpeople.jemhod.api

Interface IRegexUtils

public interface IRegexUtils

Utility bean used to run regular expression in velocity.

Author:

Fernando Boucquez

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<String>	extractAllValues(String text, String... regexes)	Extracts all the values from all the regular expressions.
String	extractValue(String text, String... regexes)	Extracts the first value that is extracted from one of the regular expressions.
boolean	matchesAny(String text, String... regexes)	Evaluates if text matches at least one of the regular expressions (one or multiple can be provided)

Method Details

matchesAny

boolean matchesAny(String text,
 String... regexes)

Evaluates if text matches at least one of the regular expressions (one or multiple can be provided)

Parameters:

text - the text to be evaluated

regexes - the regexes, one or many could be provided. Note that .* terms cannot be used.

Returns:

if the text matches at least one of the provided regular expressions.

extractValue

String extractValue(String text,
 String... regexes)

Extracts the first value that is extracted from one of the regular expressions.

Parameters:

text - the text to be evaluated

regexes - the regular expressions (1 or more) that knows how to extract values from the text. Note that regex with .* terms cannot be used and excluded.

Returns:

the first value of the first regex that extracts a value from the text

extractAllValues

List<String> extractAllValues(String text,
 String... regexes)

Extracts all the values from all the regular expressions.

Parameters:

text - the text to be evaluated

regexes - the regular expressions (1 or more) that knows how to extract values from the text. Note that regex woth .* terms cannot be used and excluded.

Returns:

all the values extracted from all the regular expressions.