RegExpEvaluator (Castor JavaDoc)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AlwaysTrueRegExpEvaluator, JakartaOroEvaluator, JakartaRegExpEvaluator, SunRegExpEvaluator, XercesRegExpEvaluator
```
public interface RegExpEvaluator
```
A simple interface for evaluating Regular expressions.

Version:

$Revision: 7292 $ $Date: 2003-03-03 00:05:44 -0700 (Mon, 03 Mar 2003) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`matches(java.lang.String value)`	Returns true if the given String matches the regular expression of this `RegExpEvaluator`.
`void`	`setExpression(java.lang.String rexpr)`	Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to `matches(java.lang.String)`.

- Method Detail
  - matches
```
boolean matches(java.lang.String value)
```
    Returns true if the given String matches the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the String to check the production of
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the given string matches the regular expression of this RegExpEvaluator
    
    See Also:
    
    setExpression(java.lang.String)
  - setExpression
```
void setExpression(java.lang.String rexpr)
```
    Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to matches(java.lang.String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    rexpr - the regular expression