com.atlassian.jira.util
Class RegexpUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.atlassian.jira.util.RegexpUtils

public class RegexpUtils
extends Object

Constructor Summary

RegexpUtils()

Method Summary

static String	replaceAll(String str, String regex, String replacement) Equivalent of JDK 1.4's String.replaceAll(String regex, String replacement), usable in JDK 1.3
static String	wildcardToRegex(String wildcard) Convert a wildcard to a java.util.regexp (ie '*' becomes '.*' and '?' becomes '.').

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexpUtils

public RegexpUtils()

Method Detail

replaceAll

public static String replaceAll(String str,
                                String regex,
                                String replacement)

Equivalent of JDK 1.4's String.replaceAll(String regex, String replacement), usable in JDK 1.3

Parameters:

str - The string to apply operations to

regex - The regex that str should match

replacement - String to replace matched string with (using $1, $2 etc for substitutions).

Returns:

A modified version of str, or null if the regexp was invalid

wildcardToRegex

public static String wildcardToRegex(String wildcard)

Convert a wildcard to a java.util.regexp (ie '*' becomes '.*' and '?' becomes '.').

Note that this converts wildcards to an exact match, so searching for 'a' becomes '^a$'.

Copied from http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0515.html

Parameters:

wildcard - A wildcard which can contain '*' and '?' characters

Returns:

A regular expression that can be passed to java.util.regexp