public class RECompiler
- Object
- RECompiler
Known subtypesREDebugCompiler
A regular expression compiler class. This class compiles a pattern string into a
regular expression program interpretable by the RE evaluator class. The ‘recompile’
command line tool uses this compiler to pre-compile regular expressions for use
with RE. For a description of the syntax accepted by RECompiler and what you can
do with regular expressions, see the documentation for the RE matcher class.
Constructors
public RECompiler() | Constructor. |
Methods
public REProgram compile(String pattern)
throws RESyntaxException | Compiles a regular expression pattern into a program runnable by the pattern matcher class ‘RE’. |
Inherited methods
Constructor details
RECompiler
public RECompiler()Constructor. Creates (initially empty) storage for a regular expression program.
Method details
compile
public REProgram compile(String pattern)
throws RESyntaxExceptionCompiles a regular expression pattern into a program runnable by the pattern
matcher class ‘RE’.
Parameters
patternString- Regular expression pattern to compile (see RECompiler class for details).
Returns
A compiled regular expression program.
Throws
RESyntaxException- Thrown if the regular expression has invalid syntax.