edu.northwestern.at.utils
Class RegExpCollectionFilter

java.lang.Object
  edu.northwestern.at.utils.RegExpCollectionFilter

public class RegExpCollectionFilter
extends java.lang.Object

Filters a String collection using a regular expression.

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	sourcePattern Source pattern string.
protected java.util.regex.Matcher	sourcePatternMatcher Compiled source pattern matcher.

Constructor Summary

RegExpCollectionFilter(java.lang.String sourcePattern)
Create a filter definition.

Method Summary

java.util.Collection

filter(java.util.Collection collection) Filter a string collection using the pattern..

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

sourcePattern

protected java.lang.String sourcePattern

Source pattern string.

sourcePatternMatcher

protected java.util.regex.Matcher sourcePatternMatcher

Compiled source pattern matcher.

Constructor Detail

RegExpCollectionFilter

public RegExpCollectionFilter(java.lang.String sourcePattern)

Create a filter definition.

Parameters:

sourcePattern - Source pattern string as a regular expression.

Method Detail

filter

public java.util.Collection filter(java.util.Collection collection)

Filter a string collection using the pattern..

Parameters:

collection - String collection to filter.

Returns:

Filtered collection with string matching pattern removed.