com.webmethods.caf.common
Class SearchTools

java.lang.Object
  com.webmethods.caf.common.SearchTools

public class SearchTools
extends Object

Utility class for searching through a map based on an input that is either regular or regex.

Field Summary

protected static Map

regexPatternCache

Constructor Summary

SearchTools()

Method Summary

static Pattern	buildPatternForTerm(String term) Convert the search term to a regex pattern.
static Pattern	buildPatternForTerm(String term, int flags) Convert the search term to a regex pattern.
static String	buildRegExForTerm(String term) Convert the search term to a regex string.
static List	buildRegExForTerms(List terms) Convert the search term list to a list of regex patterns.
static List	buildRegExForTerms(List terms, int flags) Convert the search term list to a list of regex patterns.
static boolean	matchesAllRegExPatterns(String value, List patternList) Check if the given string matches all the regex patterns in the pattern list

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

regexPatternCache

protected static Map regexPatternCache

Constructor Detail

SearchTools

public SearchTools()

Method Detail

buildRegExForTerms

public static List buildRegExForTerms(List terms)

Convert the search term list to a list of regex patterns. Uses * as wildcard

Parameters:

terms - list of search terms

Returns:

list of regex Pattern objects for the given search terms

buildRegExForTerms

public static List buildRegExForTerms(List terms,
                                      int flags)

Convert the search term list to a list of regex patterns. Uses * as wildcard

Parameters:

terms - list of search terms

flags - flags to use for the pattern object

Returns:

list of regex Pattern objects for the given search terms

buildRegExForTerm

public static String buildRegExForTerm(String term)

Convert the search term to a regex string. Uses * as wildcard

Parameters:

term - the search term

Returns:

regex for the given search term

buildPatternForTerm

public static Pattern buildPatternForTerm(String term)

Convert the search term to a regex pattern. Uses * as wildcard

Parameters:

term - the search term

Returns:

regex pattern for the given search term

buildPatternForTerm

public static Pattern buildPatternForTerm(String term,
                                          int flags)

Convert the search term to a regex pattern. Uses * as wildcard

Parameters:

term - the search term

flags - flags to use for the pattern object

Returns:

regex pattern for the given search term

matchesAllRegExPatterns

public static boolean matchesAllRegExPatterns(String value,
                                              List patternList)

Check if the given string matches all the regex patterns in the pattern list

Parameters:

value - the string to match against

patternList - the list of regex patterns to match

Returns:

true if the value matches all the patterns, false otherwise