org.gjt.sp.jedit.search
Class SearchMatcher
java.lang.Object
org.gjt.sp.jedit.search.SearchMatcher
- Direct Known Subclasses:
- BoyerMooreSearchMatcher, RESearchMatcher
- public abstract class SearchMatcher
- extends Object
An abstract class for matching strings.
- Version:
- $Id: SearchMatcher.java,v 1.11 2003/07/14 23:00:54 spestov Exp $
- Author:
- Slava Pestov
Method Summary |
abstract SearchMatcher.Match |
nextMatch(CharIndexed text,
boolean start,
boolean end,
boolean firstTime,
boolean reverse)
Returns the offset of the first match of the specified text
within this matcher. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
returnValue
protected SearchMatcher.Match returnValue
SearchMatcher
public SearchMatcher()
nextMatch
public abstract SearchMatcher.Match nextMatch(CharIndexed text,
boolean start,
boolean end,
boolean firstTime,
boolean reverse)
- Returns the offset of the first match of the specified text
within this matcher.
- Parameters:
text
- The text to search instart
- True if the start of the segment is the beginning of the
bufferend
- True if the end of the segment is the end of the bufferfirstTime
- If false and the search string matched at the start
offset with length zero, automatically find next matchreverse
- If true, searching will be performed in a backward
direction.
- Returns:
- an array where the first element is the start offset
of the match, and the second element is the end offset of
the match
- Since:
- jEdit 4.2pre4