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

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	RegexCapabilities.RegexMatcher Interface for basic regex matching.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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