org.wanghy.regex
Class RegexFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.wanghy.regex.RegexFactory

public final class RegexFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Factory of regular expressions. If JDK 1.4 or later is detected, creates a new instance of JdkRegex; otherwise creates a new instance of Perl5Regex.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/03/09 01:59:58 $

Author:

Alex Ruiz

Constructor Summary

RegexFactory()

Method Summary

static Regex

createRegex(java.lang.String regex) If JDK 1.4 or later is detected, creates a new instance of JdkRegex; otherwise creates a new instance of Perl5Regex.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexFactory

public RegexFactory()

Method Detail

createRegex

public static Regex createRegex(java.lang.String regex)

If JDK 1.4 or later is detected, creates a new instance of JdkRegex; otherwise creates a new instance of Perl5Regex.

Parameters:

regex - the regular expression pattern to compile.

Returns:

a new regular expression matcher.