org.gjt.sp.jedit.search
Class SearchMatcher

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.gjt.sp.jedit.search.SearchMatcher
Direct Known Subclasses:
BoyerMooreSearchMatcher, PatternSearchMatcher

public abstract class SearchMatcher
extends java.lang.Object

An abstract class for matching strings.


Nested Class Summary
static class SearchMatcher.Match
           
 
Field Summary
protected  SearchMatcher.Match returnValue
           
 
Constructor Summary
SearchMatcher()
           
 
Method Summary
abstract  SearchMatcher.Match nextMatch(java.lang.CharSequence 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
 

Field Detail

returnValue

protected SearchMatcher.Match returnValue
Constructor Detail

SearchMatcher

public SearchMatcher()
Method Detail

nextMatch

public abstract SearchMatcher.Match nextMatch(java.lang.CharSequence 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 in
start - True if the start of the text is the beginning of a line
end - True if the end of the text is the end of a line
firstTime - If false and the search string matched at the start offset with length zero, automatically find next match
reverse - If true, searching will be performed in a backward direction.
Returns:
A SearchMatcher.Match object.
Since:
jEdit 4.3pre5