edu.tum.cs.commons.string
Class RegexReplacementProcessor

java.lang.Object
  edu.tum.cs.commons.string.RegexReplacementProcessor

public class RegexReplacementProcessor
extends Object

This class allows the application of multiplex IRegexReplacements to a string.

Version:

$Rev: 26283 $

Author:

Florian Deissenboeck, $Author: juergens $

Rating:

GREEN Hash: 34CDDB3007890E0011169AE24AE44CA9

Constructor Summary

RegexReplacementProcessor(List<IRegexReplacement> expressions)
Create a new replacement processor.

Method Summary

String

process(String text) Apply replacements to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexReplacementProcessor

public RegexReplacementProcessor(List<IRegexReplacement> expressions)

Create a new replacement processor.

Method Detail

process

public String process(String text)
               throws PatternSyntaxException

Apply replacements to a string.

Returns:

the input string after the application of all replacements or the a copy of the input string if the list of replacements is empty.

Throws:

PatternSyntaxException - unfortunately method Matcher.replaceAll(java.lang.String) throws an IndexOutOfBoundsException if a non-existent capturing group is referenced. This method converts this exception to a PatternSyntaxException.