net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.extended
Class CharacterClass

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.extended.Pattern
      net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.extended.CharacterClass

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class CharacterClass

extends Pattern

This class describes a pattern for a character class, which means the a character matches against a element of this class.

Version:

CVS $Id: CharacterClass.java,v 1.9 2004/01/10 16:08:15 benedikta Exp $

Author:

Stephan Michels

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.extended.Pattern

index

Constructor Summary

CharacterClass()
Creates a pattern for a character class.

Method Summary

void	addCharacterInterval(CharacterInterval interval)
void	addSingleCharacter(SingleCharacter character)
java.lang.Object	clone() Create a clone of this pattern.
boolean	contains(char c)
boolean	contains(char minimum, char maximum)
CharacterInterval	getCharacterInterval(int index)
int	getCharacterIntervalCount()
CharacterInterval[]	getCharacterIntervals()
char[]	getLimits()
SingleCharacter	getSingleCharacter(int index)
int	getSingleCharacterCount()
SingleCharacter[]	getSingleCharacters()
java.lang.String	getSymbol()
boolean	isExclusive() If this character class is exclusive
void	setExclusive(boolean exclusive) If the comparing character must match to the elements, or should not match to the elements.
java.lang.String	toString() Create a clone of this pattern.
void	update()
Violations	validate() Validates this pattern.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.extended.Pattern

addAscendingSuccessor, addDescendingSuccessor, addFirstPattern, addLastPattern, addSuccessor, getAllPattern, getAncestors, getAscendingAncestors, getAscendingSuccessors, getDefinition, getDescendingAncestors, getDescendingSuccessors, getFirstPattern, getLastPattern, getLocation, getSuccessors, hasAncestor, hasAscendingAncestor, hasAscendingSuccessor, hasDescendingAncestor, hasDescendingSuccessor, hasSuccessor, isFirstPattern, isLastPattern, isNullable, setDefinition, setLocation, setNullable, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharacterClass

public CharacterClass()

Creates a pattern for a character class.

Method Detail

addSingleCharacter

public void addSingleCharacter(SingleCharacter character)

getSingleCharacter

public SingleCharacter getSingleCharacter(int index)

getSingleCharacters

public SingleCharacter[] getSingleCharacters()

getSingleCharacterCount

public int getSingleCharacterCount()

addCharacterInterval

public void addCharacterInterval(CharacterInterval interval)

getCharacterInterval

public CharacterInterval getCharacterInterval(int index)

getCharacterIntervals

public CharacterInterval[] getCharacterIntervals()

getCharacterIntervalCount

public int getCharacterIntervalCount()

setExclusive

public void setExclusive(boolean exclusive)

If the comparing character must match to the elements, or should not match to the elements.

Parameters:

exclusive - If the character class should be exclusive.

isExclusive

public boolean isExclusive()

If this character class is exclusive

Returns:

If the character class should be exclusive.

update

public void update()

Overrides:

update in class Pattern

getLimits

public char[] getLimits()

Specified by:

getLimits in class Pattern

contains

public boolean contains(char minimum,
                        char maximum)

Specified by:

contains in class Pattern

contains

public boolean contains(char c)

Specified by:

contains in class Pattern

getSymbol

public java.lang.String getSymbol()

Specified by:

getSymbol in class Pattern

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Create a clone of this pattern.

Returns:

Clone of this pattern.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - If an exception occurs during the cloning.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Create a clone of this pattern.

Specified by:

clone in class Pattern

Returns:

Clone of this pattern.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - If an exception occurs during the cloning.

validate

public Violations validate()

Validates this pattern.

Specified by:

validate in class Pattern

Returns:

Return a list of violations, if this pattern isn't valid.