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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Pattern	PREFIX_REGEX_PATTERN

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	escapeRegex(String wildcard)
static boolean	usesWildCard(String value) Returns true if the parsed value contains an '?'
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 '*'