org.biojava.utils.regex
Class Pattern

java.lang.Object
  org.biojava.utils.regex.Pattern

public class Pattern

extends Object

A class analogous to java.util.regex.Pattern but for SymbolLists.

Since:

1.4

Author:

David Huen

Method Summary

FiniteAlphabet	getAlphabet()
String	getName() return the String label associated with this pattern.
Matcher	matcher(SymbolList sl) Creates a matcher that will match the given input against this pattern.
String	patternAsString() returns the Pattern to be matched as a String.
String	patternExpanded() returns the actual String used to construct the regex with all ambiguities expanded.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

return the String label associated with this pattern.

matcher

public Matcher matcher(SymbolList sl)

Creates a matcher that will match the given input against this pattern.

Returns:

A new matcher for this pattern.

patternAsString

public String patternAsString()

returns the Pattern to be matched as a String.

patternExpanded

public String patternExpanded()

returns the actual String used to construct the regex with all ambiguities expanded. //FIXME: do something about unicode strings and conversion back to something sensible.

getAlphabet

public FiniteAlphabet getAlphabet()