votorola.g.util.regex

Class PatternX

java.lang.Object

PatternX

public final class PatternX
extends Object

Pattern utilities.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Matcher	matcher(Pattern pattern, CharSequence input, Matcher matcherOrNull) The same as pattern.matcher() but reuses a pre-existing matcher created from another pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

matcher

public static Matcher matcher(Pattern pattern,
              CharSequence input,
              Matcher matcherOrNull)

The same as pattern.matcher() but reuses a pre-existing matcher created from another pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - the new pattern for the matcher.

input - the new input sequence for the matcher.

matcherOrNull - the provided matcher to reuse, if any.

Returns:

the matcher reassigned to the new pattern and reset to the new input sequence; or, if no matcher was provided, a newly created one.

See Also:

Pattern.matcher(CharSequence)