org.eclipse.mat.util
Class PatternUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.mat.util.PatternUtil

public class PatternUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Ease use of regular expressions on heap objects.

• if the pattern does not contain one of the expressions .* !^ (at the beginning) $ (at the end), then a .* is added at the beginning and at the end of the pattern
• if the pattern contains [], it is replaced by \[\]
• if the pattern contains $ not at the end (inner classes), it is replaced by \$

Constructor Summary

PatternUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	smartFix(java.lang.String pattern) Fix up a pattern to be a true regular expression pattern.
static java.lang.String	smartFix(java.lang.String pattern, boolean addDotStars) Fix up a pattern to be a true regular expression pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PatternUtil

public PatternUtil()

Method Detail

smartFix

public static java.lang.String smartFix(java.lang.String pattern)

Fix up a pattern to be a true regular expression pattern. Add dots and starts at the beginning and end if not already there.

Parameters:

pattern -

Returns:

the fixed-up pattern

smartFix

public static java.lang.String smartFix(java.lang.String pattern,
                                        boolean addDotStars)

Fix up a pattern to be a true regular expression pattern.

Parameters:

pattern -

addDotStars - if true then if the pattern does not contain one of the expressions .* !^ (at the beginning) $ (at the end), then a .* is added at the beginning and at the end of the pattern.

Returns:

the fixed-up pattern