Package org.apache.lucene.util.automaton

Finite-state automaton for regular expressions.

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Interface Summary
AutomatonProvider Automaton provider for RegExp. RegExp.toAutomaton(AutomatonProvider)
 

Class Summary
Automaton Finite-state automaton with regular expression operations.
BasicAutomata Construction of basic automata.
BasicOperations Basic automata operations.
ByteRunAutomaton Automaton representation for matching UTF-8 byte[].
CharacterRunAutomaton Automaton representation for matching char[].
CompiledAutomaton Immutable class holding compiled details for a given Automaton.
LevenshteinAutomata Class to construct DFAs that match a word within some edit distance.
MinimizationOperations Operations for minimizing automata.
RegExp Regular Expression extension to Automaton.
RunAutomaton Finite-state automaton with fast run operation.
SpecialOperations Special automata operations.
State Automaton state.
StatePair Pair of states.
Transition Automaton transition.
UTF32ToUTF8 Converts UTF-32 automata to the equivalent UTF-8 representation.
 

Enum Summary
CompiledAutomaton.AUTOMATON_TYPE Automata are compiled into different internal forms for the most efficient execution depending upon the language they accept.
 

Package org.apache.lucene.util.automaton Description

Finite-state automaton for regular expressions.

This package contains a full DFA/NFA implementation with Unicode alphabet and support for all standard (and a number of non-standard) regular expression operations.

The most commonly used functionality is located in the classes Automaton and RegExp.

For more information, go to the package home page at http://www.brics.dk/automaton/.

WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.


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