net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.regex
Class RegexHelper

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.regex.RegexHelper

public final class RegexHelper
extends Object

A simple helper class to regroup a bunch of method generally used by rules using regex.

Author:

Romain PELISSE, [email protected]

Method Summary

static List<Pattern>	compilePatternsFromList(List<String> list) Compiles a list of regex into a list of patterns.
static boolean	isMatch(Pattern pattern, String subject) Simple commodity method (also designed to increase readability of source code, and to decrease import in the calling class).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

compilePatternsFromList

public static List<Pattern> compilePatternsFromList(List<String> list)

Compiles a list of regex into a list of patterns.

Parameters:

list - the regex list

Returns:

the pattern list

isMatch

public static boolean isMatch(Pattern pattern,
                              String subject)

Simple commodity method (also designed to increase readability of source code, and to decrease import in the calling class). Provide a pattern and a subject, it'll do the proper matching.

Parameters:

pattern - a compiled regex pattern

subject - a String to match

Returns:

true if there is a match; false otherwise