RegularExpression Class Reference

Wrapper for Unix/GNU regex library. More...

#include <RegularExpression.h>

Public Member Functions
	RegularExpression (const char *pattern, bool case_sensitive=true)
	Create RegularExpression with pattern for further matches. More...
	RegularExpression (const RegularExpression &rhs)
	Copy constructor.
	~RegularExpression ()
	Destructor.
bool	doesMatch (const char *input)
	Test if 'input' matches current pattern. More...
bool	doesMatch (const stdString &input)
	Check.

Static Public Member Functions
static std::string	fromGlobPattern (const std::string &glob)
	Create a regular expression for a "glob" pattern: question mark - any character star - many characters case insensitive.

Friends
class	ToRemoveGNUCompilerWarning

Detailed Description

Wrapper for Unix/GNU regex library.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RegularExpression::RegularExpression ( const char *  pattern, bool  case_sensitive = true  )

inline

Create RegularExpression with pattern for further matches.

Exceptions

GenericException

on compilation error

Member Function Documentation

bool RegularExpression::doesMatch

(

const char *

input

)

Test if 'input' matches current pattern.

Currently uses

• EXTENDED regular expression
• case sensitive
• input must be anchored for full-string match, otherwise substrings will match: abc matches b abc does not match $b^

When no pattern was supplied, anything matches!

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• /home/malitsky/projects/epics-archiver/sourceforge/trunk/ea4-cpp/include/common/tools/RegularExpression.h