org.gjt.sp.jedit.search
Class SearchMatcher

java.lang.Object
  org.gjt.sp.jedit.search.SearchMatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

BoyerMooreSearchMatcher, RESearchMatcher

public abstract class SearchMatcher

extends java.lang.Object

An abstract class for matching strings.

Version:

$Id: SearchMatcher.java,v 1.11 2003/07/14 23:00:54 spestov Exp $

Author:

Slava Pestov

Nested Class Summary

static class

SearchMatcher.Match

Field Summary

protected SearchMatcher.Match

returnValue

Constructor Summary

SearchMatcher()

Method Summary

abstract SearchMatcher.Match

nextMatch(CharIndexed text, boolean start, boolean end, boolean firstTime, boolean reverse) Returns the offset of the first match of the specified text within this matcher.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

returnValue

protected SearchMatcher.Match returnValue

Constructor Detail

SearchMatcher

public SearchMatcher()

Method Detail

nextMatch

public abstract SearchMatcher.Match nextMatch(CharIndexed text,
                                              boolean start,
                                              boolean end,
                                              boolean firstTime,
                                              boolean reverse)

Returns the offset of the first match of the specified text within this matcher.

Parameters:

text - The text to search in

start - True if the start of the segment is the beginning of the buffer

end - True if the end of the segment is the end of the buffer

firstTime - If false and the search string matched at the start offset with length zero, automatically find next match

reverse - If true, searching will be performed in a backward direction.

Returns:

an array where the first element is the start offset of the match, and the second element is the end offset of the match

Since:

jEdit 4.2pre4