net.sourceforge.javamatch.query
Class RegexMatches

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.javamatch.query.MatchQuery
      net.sourceforge.javamatch.query.StringQuery
          net.sourceforge.javamatch.query.RegexMatches

public class RegexMatches

extends StringQuery

Class RegexMatches is a query that check if a string matches a certain regular expression

Constructor Summary

RegexMatches(java.lang.String memberName, java.lang.String expression)
Creates a new RegexMatches-query, that checks the given member name against the given regular expression

Method Summary

float

getMatchValue(java.lang.Object targetObject) Returns the match value of this match query, when executed on the given object.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.javamatch.query.StringQuery

getValue

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.javamatch.query.MatchQuery

getObjectValue, isTwoPass, prePass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexMatches

public RegexMatches(java.lang.String memberName,
                    java.lang.String expression)
             throws java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException

Creates a new RegexMatches-query, that checks the given member name against the given regular expression

Parameters:

memberName - the name of the member that is matched

expression - the value against which is matched

Throws:

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException - If the expression's syntax is invalid

Method Detail

getMatchValue

public float getMatchValue(java.lang.Object targetObject)
                    throws MatchException

Returns the match value of this match query, when executed on the given object.

Specified by:

getMatchValue in class MatchQuery

Parameters:

targetObject - the object agains which the query is executed

Returns:

A value between 0 and 1, both inclusive, that indicates how good the object matches this query. 0 means a mismatch, 1 means a full match

Throws:

MatchException - when the value could not be retrieved