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Interface PatternCompiler

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApacheRegexpPatternCompiler, DummyPatternCompiler, JavaUtilPatternCompiler, OroPatternCompiler

public interface PatternCompiler

Interface of a compiler for regular expressions.

Author:

Jochen Wiedmann

Method Summary

Pattern

compile(java.lang.String pPattern) Compiles the given regular expression.

Method Detail

compile

public Pattern compile(java.lang.String pPattern)

Compiles the given regular expression. This method must be implemented in a thread safe manner.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - The pattern was no valid regular expression.