Package org.apache.commons.text.matcher

Class StringMatcherFactory

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.text.matcher.StringMatcherFactory
public final class StringMatcherFactory extends Object
Provides access to matchers defined in this package.
Since:
1.3

  • Field Details

  • Method Details

    • andMatcher

      public StringMatcher andMatcher(StringMatcher... stringMatchers)
      Creates a matcher that matches all of the given matchers in order.
      Parameters:
      stringMatchers - the matcher
      Returns:
      a matcher that matches all of the given matchers in order.
      Since:
      1.9

    • charMatcher

      public StringMatcher charMatcher(char ch)
      Constructor that creates a matcher from a character.
      Parameters:
      ch - the character to match, must not be null
      Returns:
      a new Matcher for the given char

    • charSetMatcher

      public StringMatcher charSetMatcher(char... chars)
      Constructor that creates a matcher from a set of characters.
      Parameters:
      chars - the characters to match, null or empty matches nothing
      Returns:
      a new matcher for the given char[]

    • charSetMatcher

      public StringMatcher charSetMatcher(String chars)
      Creates a matcher from a string representing a set of characters.
      Parameters:
      chars - the characters to match, null or empty matches nothing
      Returns:
      a new Matcher for the given characters

    • commaMatcher

      public StringMatcher commaMatcher()
      Returns a matcher which matches the comma character.
      Returns:
      a matcher for a comma

    • doubleQuoteMatcher

      public StringMatcher doubleQuoteMatcher()
      Returns a matcher which matches the double quote character.
      Returns:
      a matcher for a double quote

    • noneMatcher

      public StringMatcher noneMatcher()
      Matches no characters.
      Returns:
      a matcher that matches nothing

    • quoteMatcher

      public StringMatcher quoteMatcher()
      Returns a matcher which matches the single or double quote character.
      Returns:
      a matcher for a single or double quote

    • singleQuoteMatcher

      public StringMatcher singleQuoteMatcher()
      Returns a matcher which matches the single quote character.
      Returns:
      a matcher for a single quote

    • spaceMatcher

      public StringMatcher spaceMatcher()
      Returns a matcher which matches the space character.
      Returns:
      a matcher for a space

    • splitMatcher

      public StringMatcher splitMatcher()
      Matches the same characters as StringTokenizer, namely space, tab, newline and form feed.
      Returns:
      The split matcher

    • stringMatcher

      public StringMatcher stringMatcher(char... chars)
      Creates a matcher from a string.
      Parameters:
      chars - the string to match, null or empty matches nothing
      Returns:
      a new Matcher for the given String
      Since:
      1.9

    • stringMatcher

      public StringMatcher stringMatcher(String str)
      Creates a matcher from a string.
      Parameters:
      str - the string to match, null or empty matches nothing
      Returns:
      a new Matcher for the given String

    • tabMatcher

      public StringMatcher tabMatcher()
      Returns a matcher which matches the tab character.
      Returns:
      a matcher for a tab

    • trimMatcher

      public StringMatcher trimMatcher()
      Matches the String trim() whitespace characters.
      Returns:
      The trim matcher