org.apache.cocoon.util
Class ElementAttributeMatching

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.cocoon.util.ElementAttributeMatching

public class ElementAttributeMatching

extends Object

A helper class for matching element names, and attribute names.

For given include-name, exclude-name decide if element-attribute pair matches. This class defines the precedence and matching algorithm.

This was originally part of the EncodeURLTransformer, moved here to make it more reusable.

Version:

CVS $Id: ElementAttributeMatching.java 292282 2005-09-28 19:54:16Z vgritsenko $

Author:

Bernhard Huber

Field Summary

protected org.apache.regexp.RE	excludeNameRE Regular expression of excluding patterns
protected org.apache.regexp.RE	includeNameRE Regular expression of including patterns

Constructor Summary

ElementAttributeMatching(String includeName, String excludeName)
Constructor for the ElementAttributeMatching object

Method Summary

boolean

matchesElementAttribute(String element_name, String attr_name, String value) Return true iff element_name attr_name pair is not matched by exclude-name, but is matched by include-name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

includeNameRE

protected org.apache.regexp.RE includeNameRE

Regular expression of including patterns

excludeNameRE

protected org.apache.regexp.RE excludeNameRE

Regular expression of excluding patterns

Constructor Detail

ElementAttributeMatching

public ElementAttributeMatching(String includeName,
                                String excludeName)
                         throws org.apache.regexp.RESyntaxException

Constructor for the ElementAttributeMatching object

Parameters:

includeName - Description of Parameter

excludeName - Description of Parameter

Throws:

org.apache.regexp.RESyntaxException - Description of Exception

Method Detail

matchesElementAttribute

public boolean matchesElementAttribute(String element_name,
                                       String attr_name,
                                       String value)

Return true iff element_name attr_name pair is not matched by exclude-name, but is matched by include-name

Parameters:

element_name -

attr_name -

value - used to canonicalize the elemtn/attribute name

Returns:

boolean true iff value of attribute_name should get rewritten, else false.