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

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

public final class PatternUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

static java.util.regex.Pattern

PREFIX_REGEX_PATTERN

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	escapeRegex(java.lang.String wildcard)
static boolean	usesWildCard(java.lang.String value) Returns true if the parsed value contains an '?' or '*'
static java.lang.String	value2Regex(java.lang.String value)
static java.lang.String	wildcardToRegex(java.lang.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 java.util.regex.Pattern PREFIX_REGEX_PATTERN

Method Detail

wildcardToRegex

public static java.lang.String wildcardToRegex(java.lang.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 java.lang.String value2Regex(java.lang.String value)

escapeRegex

public static java.lang.String escapeRegex(java.lang.String wildcard)

usesWildCard

public static boolean usesWildCard(java.lang.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 '*'