org.apache.stanbol.entityhub.servicesapi.util
Class PatternUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.stanbol.entityhub.servicesapi.util.PatternUtils

public final class PatternUtils
extends Object

Field Summary

static Pattern

PREFIX_REGEX_PATTERN

Method Summary

static String	escapeRegex(String wildcard)
static boolean	usesWildCard(String value) Returns true if the parsed value contains an '?' or '*'
static String	value2Regex(String value)
static String	wildcardToRegex(String wildcard, boolean strict) Converts a Wildcard search string to REGEX.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PREFIX_REGEX_PATTERN

public static final Pattern PREFIX_REGEX_PATTERN

Method Detail

wildcardToRegex

public static String wildcardToRegex(String wildcard,
                                     boolean strict)

Converts a Wildcard search string to REGEX. If strict is enabled, than the REGEX pattern searches only full labels ("^Patt?er.*$") otherwise it searches the whole text ("Patt?er.*")

Parameters:

wildcard - the wildcard pattern

strict - if true than the REGEX pattern searches whole words.

Returns:

the pattern

value2Regex

public static String value2Regex(String value)

escapeRegex

public static String escapeRegex(String wildcard)

usesWildCard

public static boolean usesWildCard(String value)

Returns true if the parsed value contains an '?' or '*'

Parameters:

value - the value to check

Returns:

true if the parsed value contains an '?' or '*'