net.pandoragames.far.ui

Interface ContentFilter

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

All Known Subinterfaces:

FindFilter, ReplacementDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

FindForm, ReplaceForm

public interface ContentFilter
extends java.lang.Cloneable

Data for a file filter that tests the file content.

Author:

Olivier Wehner

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	clone() Returns a copy of this object, with all interface method behaving exactly as the original instance.
java.util.regex.Pattern	getContentPatternAsRegex() Returns the filter criteria as a java regex Pattern object.
java.lang.String	getSearchStringContent() Returns the litteral content pattern.

Method Detail

getContentPatternAsRegex

java.util.regex.Pattern getContentPatternAsRegex()

Returns the filter criteria as a java regex Pattern object.

Returns:

filter criteria

getSearchStringContent

java.lang.String getSearchStringContent()

Returns the litteral content pattern. This pattern is looked up within the files. Its interpretation is implementation dependend. The method getContentPatternAsRegex() should be called to retreive the actual regular expression pattern. However, if this method (getSearchStringContent()) returns the empty string, then getContentPatternAsRegex() returns a Pattern that accepts any input (.*).

Returns:

content pattern, possibly empty, never null

clone

java.lang.Object clone()

Returns a copy of this object, with all interface method behaving exactly as the original instance.

Returns:

copy of this object.