java.lang.Object
- totalcross.util.regex.Pattern

All Implemented Interfaces:

REFlags

Direct Known Subclasses:

WildcardPattern
```
public class Pattern
extends java.lang.Object
implements REFlags
```
A handle for a precompiled regular expression.
To match a regular expression myExpr against a text myString one should first create a Pattern object:
```
 Pattern p=new Pattern(myExpr);
 
```
then obtain a Matcher object:
```
 Matcher matcher=p.matcher(myText);
 
```
The latter is an automaton that actually performs a search. It provides the following methods:
search for matching substrings : matcher.find() or matcher.findAll();
test whether the text matches the whole pattern : matcher.matches();
test whether the text matches the beginning of the pattern : matcher.matchesPrefix();
search with custom options : matcher.find(int options)
Flags
Flags (see REFlags interface) change the meaning of some regular expression elements at compiletime. These flags may be passed both as string(see Pattern(String,String)) and as bitwise OR of:
REFlags.IGNORE_CASE - enables case insensitivity
REFlags.MULTILINE - forces "^" and "$" to match both at the start and the end of line;
REFlags.DOTALL - forces "." to match eols('\r' and '\n' in ASCII);
REFlags.IGNORE_SPACES - literal spaces in expression are ignored for better readability;
REFlags.UNICODE - the predefined classes('\w','\d',etc) are referenced to Unicode;
REFlags.XML_SCHEMA - permits XML Schema regular expressions syntax extentions.
Multithreading
Pattern instances are thread-safe, i.e. the same Pattern object may be used by any number of threads simultaniously. On the other hand, the Matcher objects are NOT thread safe, so, given a Pattern instance, each thread must obtain and use its own Matcher.

See Also:: REFlags, Matcher, Matcher.setTarget(java.lang.String), Matcher.setTarget(java.lang.String,int,int), Matcher.setTarget(char[],int,int), MatchResult, MatchResult.group(int), MatchResult.start(int), MatchResult.end(int), MatchResult.length(int), MatchResult.charAt(int,int), MatchResult.prefix(), MatchResult.suffix()

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface totalcross.util.regex.REFlags
  DEFAULT, DOTALL, IGNORE_CASE, IGNORE_SPACES, MULTILINE, UNICODE, XML_SCHEMA

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	`Pattern()`
	`Pattern(java.lang.String regex)`	Compiles an expression with default flags.
	`Pattern(java.lang.String regex, int flags)`	Compiles a regular expression using REFlags.
	`Pattern(java.lang.String regex, java.lang.String flags)`	Compiles a regular expression using Perl5-style flags.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Pattern`	`compile(java.lang.String regex)`
`static Pattern`	`compile(java.lang.String regex, int flags)`
`protected void`	`compileInt(java.lang.String regex, int flags)`
`int`	`groupCount()`	How many capturing groups this expression includes?
`java.lang.Integer`	`groupId(java.lang.String name)`	Get numeric id for a group name.
`Matcher`	`matcher()`	Returns a targetless matcher.
`Matcher`	`matcher(char[] data, int start, int end)`	Returns a matcher for a specified region.
`Matcher`	`matcher(java.lang.String s)`	Returns a matcher for a specified string.
`Matcher`	`matcher(CharStream text, int length)`	Returns a matcher taking a text stream as target.
`Matcher`	`matcher(MatchResult res, int groupId)`	Returns a matcher for a match result (in a performance-friendly way).
`Matcher`	`matcher(MatchResult res, java.lang.String groupName)`	Just as above, yet with symbolic group name.
`boolean`	`matches(java.lang.String s)`	A shorthand for Pattern.matcher(String).matches().
`Replacer`	`replacer(java.lang.String expr)`	Returns a replacer of a pattern by specified perl-like expression.
`Replacer`	`replacer(Substitution model)`	Returns a replacer will substitute all occurences of a pattern through applying a user-defined substitution model.
`boolean`	`startsWith(java.lang.String s)`	A shorthand for Pattern.matcher(String).matchesPrefix().
`RETokenizer`	`tokenizer(char[] data, int off, int len)`	Tokenizes a specified region by an occurences of the pattern.
`RETokenizer`	`tokenizer(java.lang.String text)`	Tokenizes a text by an occurences of the pattern.
`RETokenizer`	`tokenizer(CharStream in, int length)`	Tokenizes a specified region by an occurences of the pattern.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`
`java.lang.String`	`toString_d()`	Returns a less or more readable representation of a bytecode for the pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Pattern
```
protected Pattern()
           throws PatternSyntaxException
```
    Throws:
    
    PatternSyntaxException
  - Pattern
```
public Pattern(java.lang.String regex)
        throws PatternSyntaxException
```
    Compiles an expression with default flags.
    
    Parameters:
    
    regex - the Perl5-compatible regular expression string.
    
    Throws:
    
    PatternSyntaxException - if the argument doesn't correspond to perl5 regex syntax.
    
    See Also:
    
    Pattern(java.lang.String,java.lang.String), Pattern(java.lang.String,int)
  - Pattern
```
public Pattern(java.lang.String regex,
               java.lang.String flags)
        throws PatternSyntaxException
```
    Compiles a regular expression using Perl5-style flags. The flag string should consist of letters 'i','m','s','x','u','X'(the case is significant) and a hyphen. The meaning of letters:
    
    i - case insensitivity, corresponds to REFLlags.IGNORE_CASE;
    m - multiline treatment(BOLs and EOLs affect the '^' and '$'), corresponds to REFLlags.MULTILINE flag;
    s - single line treatment('.' matches \r's and \n's),corresponds to REFLlags.DOTALL;
    x - extended whitespace comments (spaces and eols in the expression are ignored), corresponds to REFLlags.IGNORE_SPACES.
    u - predefined classes are regarded as belonging to Unicode, corresponds to REFLlags.UNICODE; this may yield some performance penalty.
    X - compatibility with XML Schema, corresponds to REFLlags.XML_SCHEMA.
    Parameters:
    
    regex - the Perl5-compatible regular expression string.
    
    flags - the Perl5-compatible flags.
    
    Throws:
    
    PatternSyntaxException - if the argument doesn't correspond to perl5 regex syntax. see REFlags
  - Pattern
```
public Pattern(java.lang.String regex,
               int flags)
        throws PatternSyntaxException
```
    Compiles a regular expression using REFlags. The flags parameter is a bitwise OR of the folloing values:
    
    REFLlags.IGNORE_CASE - case insensitivity, corresponds to 'i' letter;
    REFLlags.MULTILINE - multiline treatment(BOLs and EOLs affect the '^' and '$'), corresponds to 'm';
    REFLlags.DOTALL - single line treatment('.' matches \r's and \n's),corresponds to 's';
    REFLlags.IGNORE_SPACES - extended whitespace comments (spaces and eols in the expression are ignored), corresponds to 'x'.
    REFLlags.UNICODE - predefined classes are regarded as belonging to Unicode, corresponds to 'u'; this may yield some performance penalty.
    REFLlags.XML_SCHEMA - compatibility with XML Schema, corresponds to 'X'.
    Parameters:
    
    regex - the Perl5-compatible regular expression string.
    
    flags - the Perl5-compatible flags.
    
    Throws:
    
    PatternSyntaxException - if the argument doesn't correspond to perl5 regex syntax. see REFlags
- Method Detail
  - compile
```
public static Pattern compile(java.lang.String regex)
                       throws PatternSyntaxException
```
    Throws:
    
    PatternSyntaxException
  - compile
```
public static Pattern compile(java.lang.String regex,
                              int flags)
                       throws PatternSyntaxException
```
    Throws:
    
    PatternSyntaxException
  - compileInt
```
protected void compileInt(java.lang.String regex,
                          int flags)
                   throws PatternSyntaxException
```
    Throws:
    
    PatternSyntaxException
  - groupCount
```
public int groupCount()
```
    How many capturing groups this expression includes?
  - groupId
```
public java.lang.Integer groupId(java.lang.String name)
```
    Get numeric id for a group name.
    
    Returns:
    
    null if no such name found.
    
    See Also:
    
    MatchResult.group(java.lang.String), MatchResult.isCaptured(java.lang.String)
  - matches
```
public boolean matches(java.lang.String s)
```
    A shorthand for Pattern.matcher(String).matches().
    
    Parameters:
    
    s - the target
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the entire target matches the pattern
    
    See Also:
    
    Matcher.matches(), Matcher.matches(String)
  - startsWith
```
public boolean startsWith(java.lang.String s)
```
    A shorthand for Pattern.matcher(String).matchesPrefix().
    
    Parameters:
    
    s - the target
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the entire target matches the beginning of the pattern
    
    See Also:
    
    Matcher.matchesPrefix()
  - matcher
```
public Matcher matcher()
```
    Returns a targetless matcher. Don't forget to supply a target.
  - matcher
```
public Matcher matcher(java.lang.String s)
```
    Returns a matcher for a specified string.
  - matcher
```
public Matcher matcher(char[] data,
                       int start,
                       int end)
```
    Returns a matcher for a specified region.
  - matcher
```
public Matcher matcher(MatchResult res,
                       int groupId)
```
    Returns a matcher for a match result (in a performance-friendly way). groupId parameter specifies which group is a target.
    
    Parameters:
    
    groupId - which group is a target; either positive integer(group id), or one of MatchResult.MATCH,MatchResult.PREFIX,MatchResult.SUFFIX,MatchResult.TARGET.
  - matcher
```
public Matcher matcher(MatchResult res,
                       java.lang.String groupName)
```
    Just as above, yet with symbolic group name.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if there is no group with such name
  - matcher
```
public Matcher matcher(CharStream text,
                       int length)
                throws IOException
```
    Returns a matcher taking a text stream as target. Note that this is not a true POSIX-style stream matching, i.e. the whole length of the text is preliminary read and stored in a char array.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - a text stream
    
    length - the length to read from a stream; if len is -1, the whole stream is read in.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - indicates an IO problem
    
    java.lang.OutOfMemoryError - if a stream is too lengthy
  - replacer
```
public Replacer replacer(java.lang.String expr)
```
    Returns a replacer of a pattern by specified perl-like expression. Such replacer will substitute all occurences of a pattern by an evaluated expression ("$&" and "$0" will substitute by the whole match, "$1" will substitute by group#1, etc). Example:
    String text="The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"; Pattern word=new Pattern("\\w+"); System.out.println(word.replacer("[$&]").replace(text)); //prints "[The] [quick] [brown] [fox] [jumped] [over] [the] [lazy] [dog]" Pattern swap=new Pattern("(fox|dog)(.*?)(fox|dog)"); System.out.println(swap.replacer("$3$2$1").replace(text)); //prints "The quick brown dog jumped over the lazy fox" Pattern scramble=new Pattern("(\\w+)(.*?)(\\w+)"); System.out.println(scramble.replacer("$3$2$1").replace(text)); //prints "quick The fox brown over jumped lazy the dog"
    Parameters:
    
    expr - a perl-like expression, the "$&" and "${&}" standing for whole match, the "$N" and "${N}" standing for group#N, and "${Foo}" standing for named group Foo.
    
    See Also:
    
    Replacer
  - replacer
```
public Replacer replacer(Substitution model)
```
    Returns a replacer will substitute all occurences of a pattern through applying a user-defined substitution model.
    
    Parameters:
    
    model - a Substitution object which is in charge for match substitution
    
    See Also:
    
    Replacer
  - tokenizer
```
public RETokenizer tokenizer(java.lang.String text)
```
    Tokenizes a text by an occurences of the pattern. Note that a series of adjacent matches are regarded as a single separator. The same as new RETokenizer(Pattern,String);
    
    See Also:
    
    RETokenizer, RETokenizer(totalcross.util.regex.Pattern,java.lang.String)
  - tokenizer
```
public RETokenizer tokenizer(char[] data,
                             int off,
                             int len)
```
    Tokenizes a specified region by an occurences of the pattern. Note that a series of adjacent matches are regarded as a single separator. The same as new RETokenizer(Pattern,char[],int,int);
    
    See Also:
    
    RETokenizer, RETokenizer(totalcross.util.regex.Pattern,char[],int,int)
  - tokenizer
```
public RETokenizer tokenizer(CharStream in,
                             int length)
                      throws IOException
```
    Tokenizes a specified region by an occurences of the pattern. Note that a series of adjacent matches are regarded as a single separator. The same as new RETokenizer(Pattern,Reader,int);
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
    
    See Also:
    
    RETokenizer
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
  - toString_d
```
public java.lang.String toString_d()
```
    Returns a less or more readable representation of a bytecode for the pattern.

Class Pattern

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface totalcross.util.regex.REFlags

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

Pattern

Pattern

Pattern

Pattern

Method Detail

compile

compile

compileInt

groupCount

groupId

matches

startsWith

matcher

matcher

matcher

matcher

matcher

matcher

replacer

replacer

tokenizer

tokenizer

tokenizer

toString

toString_d