net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.extended
Class SingleCharacter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class SingleCharacter

extends Pattern

This class represents a pattern for a sequence of characters.

Version:

CVS $Id: SingleCharacter.java,v 1.6 2004/01/12 08:54:11 benedikta Exp $

Author:

Stephan Michels

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

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Constructor Summary

SingleCharacter()
Creates a pattern for a character sequence.

SingleCharacter(char character)
Creates a pattern for a character sequence.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Create a clone of this pattern.
boolean	contains(char c)
boolean	contains(char minimum, char maximum)
char	getCharacter() Returns the sequence of characters
java.lang.String	getCharacterAsString()
char[]	getLimits()
java.lang.String	getSymbol()
void	setCharacter(char character) Set the sequence of characters for this pattern
void	setCharacterAsString(java.lang.String character) Set the sequence of characters for this pattern
java.lang.String	toString() Return a string representation 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

SingleCharacter

public SingleCharacter()

Creates a pattern for a character sequence.

SingleCharacter

public SingleCharacter(char character)

Creates a pattern for a character sequence.

Method Detail

setCharacter

public void setCharacter(char character)

Set the sequence of characters for this pattern

setCharacterAsString

public void setCharacterAsString(java.lang.String character)

Set the sequence of characters for this pattern

getCharacter

public char getCharacter()

Returns the sequence of characters

Returns:

Seqence of characaters

getCharacterAsString

public java.lang.String getCharacterAsString()

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()

Return a string representation of this pattern

Returns:

String representation of the pattern.

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.