Package org.soulwing.prospecto.jaxrs.runtime.glob

Class GlobMatcher<T>

java.lang.Object

org.soulwing.prospecto.jaxrs.runtime.glob.GlobMatcher<T>

public class GlobMatcher<T>
extends Object

A type-generalized pattern matcher supporting "glob" expressions.

A glob pattern is a sequence of values of type T. Among these values, two values are distinguished:

• a symbol that is interpreted in a given pattern to mean match any single value in the input
• a symbol that is interpreted in a given pattern to mean match any sequence of input (including an empty sequence)

An input sequence of values of type T is matched against the pattern by interpreting each value of the input and the pattern in order, applying either equals, match-any, or match-any-sequence according to the pattern specification.

When the base type is Character and the match any symbol is "?" and the match any sequence is "*", the GlobMatcher takes on the semantics of ordinary filename globbing for string (character array) inputs.

Author:

Carl Harris

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	matches(List<T> input)	Tests the given input as a match for this pattern.
boolean	matches(T[] input)	Tests the given input as a match for this pattern.
static <T> GlobMatcher<T>	with(T anyInputToken, T anyInputSequenceToken, T[] pattern)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

with

public static <T> GlobMatcher<T> with(T anyInputToken,
                                      T anyInputSequenceToken,
                                      T[] pattern)

matches

public boolean matches(T[] input)

Tests the given input as a match for this pattern.

Parameters:

input - the input to test

Returns:

true if input matches this pattern

matches

public boolean matches(List<T> input)

Tests the given input as a match for this pattern.

Parameters:

input - the input to test

Returns:

true if input matches this pattern