org.apache.lucene.sandbox.queries.regex
Interface RegexCapabilities

All Known Implementing Classes:

JakartaRegexpCapabilities, JavaUtilRegexCapabilities

public interface RegexCapabilities

Defines basic operations needed by RegexQuery for a regular expression implementation.

Nested Class Summary

static interface

RegexCapabilities.RegexMatcher Interface for basic regex matching.

Method Summary

RegexCapabilities.RegexMatcher

compile(String pattern) Called by the constructor of RegexTermsEnum allowing implementations to cache a compiled version of the regular expression pattern.

Method Detail

compile

RegexCapabilities.RegexMatcher compile(String pattern)

Called by the constructor of RegexTermsEnum allowing implementations to cache a compiled version of the regular expression pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - regular expression pattern