1. /* $Id: RegexMatcher.java,v 1.9 2004/05/10 06:52:50 skitching Exp $
  2. *
  3. * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
  4. *
  5. * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  6. * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  7. * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  8. *
  9. * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  10. *
  11. * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  12. * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  13. * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  14. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  15. * limitations under the License.
  16. */
  17. package org.apache.commons.digester;
  18. /**
  19. * Regular expression matching strategy for RegexRules.
  20. *
  21. * @since 1.5
  22. */
  23. abstract public class RegexMatcher {
  24. /**
  25. * Returns true if the given pattern matches the given path
  26. * according to the regex algorithm that this strategy applies.
  27. *
  28. * @param pathPattern the standard digester path representing the element
  29. * @param rulePattern the regex pattern the path will be tested against
  30. * @return true if the given pattern matches the given path
  31. */
  32. abstract public boolean match(String pathPattern, String rulePattern);
  33. }