org.apache.oro.text.regex
Interface Pattern

All Known Implementing Classes:

Perl5Pattern

public interface Pattern

Untamed:

Method Summary

int	getOptions() Enabled: This method returns an integer containing the compilation options used to compile this pattern.
String	getPattern() Enabled: This method returns the string representation of the pattern.

Method Detail

getPattern

public String getPattern()

Enabled: This method returns the string representation of the pattern. Its purpose is to allow a pattern to be reconstructed after compilation. In other words, when you compile a pattern, the resulting data structures bear no relation to the string defining the pattern. It is often useful to be able to access the string defining a pattern after it has been compiled.

Returns:

The original string representation of the regular expression pattern.

getOptions

public int getOptions()

Enabled: This method returns an integer containing the compilation options used to compile this pattern.

Returns:

The compilation options used to compile the pattern.