org.ballerinalang.nativeimpl.builtin.stringlib

Class AbstractRegexFunction

java.lang.Object

org.ballerinalang.bre.bvm.BlockingNativeCallableUnit

org.ballerinalang.nativeimpl.builtin.stringlib.AbstractRegexFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

NativeCallableUnit

Direct Known Subclasses:

FindAll, Matches

public abstract class AbstractRegexFunction
extends BlockingNativeCallableUnit

Abstract native function which serves as base class for writing Regex related native functions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractRegexFunction()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Pattern	validatePattern(String regex) Validate Regex struct in Ballerina.

Methods inherited from class org.ballerinalang.bre.bvm.BlockingNativeCallableUnit

execute, execute, isBlocking

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractRegexFunction

public AbstractRegexFunction()

Method Detail

validatePattern

protected Pattern validatePattern(String regex)

Validate Regex struct in Ballerina. Validate whether the string is in compiled form if not compile it and store as native data for later reference.

Parameters:

regex - a regex string

Returns:

Pattern compiled Pattern