MatchEvaluator (Apache Synapse - Commons classes 4.0.0-wso2v21 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.synapse.commons.evaluators.MatchEvaluator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Evaluator
```
public class MatchEvaluator
extends Object
implements Evaluator
```
This evaluator uses regular expressions to match a given HTTP request.
```
 <match type="header | param | url" source="" regex=""/>
 
```
The source is used to extract the HTTP header or URL param

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MatchEvaluator()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`evaluate(EvaluatorContext context)`	Evaluate a boolean expression
`String`	`getName()`	Name of the evaluator
`Pattern`	`getRegex()`
`SourceTextRetriever`	`getTextRetriever()`
`void`	`setRegex(Pattern regex)`
`void`	`setTextRetriever(SourceTextRetriever textRetriever)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - MatchEvaluator
```
public MatchEvaluator()
```
- Method Detail
  - evaluate
```
public boolean evaluate(EvaluatorContext context)
                 throws EvaluatorException
```
    Description copied from interface: Evaluator
    
    Evaluate a boolean expression
    
    Specified by:
    
    evaluate in interface Evaluator
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - hold the information about the HTTP request
    
    Returns:
    
    result of evaluating the boolean expression
    
    Throws:
    
    EvaluatorException - if an error occurs while evaluating the HTTP request
  - getName
```
public String getName()
```
    Description copied from interface: Evaluator
    
    Name of the evaluator
    
    Specified by:
    
    getName in interface Evaluator
    
    Returns:
    
    name of the evaluator
  - getRegex
```
public Pattern getRegex()
```
  - setRegex
```
public void setRegex(Pattern regex)
```
  - getTextRetriever
```
public SourceTextRetriever getTextRetriever()
```
  - setTextRetriever
```
public void setTextRetriever(SourceTextRetriever textRetriever)
```