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019
020package org.apache.isis.core.progmodel.facets.object.regex;
021
022import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.MultipleValueFacet;
023import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.interactions.ValidatingInteractionAdvisor;
024import org.apache.isis.core.progmodel.facets.object.mask.MaskFacet;
025
026/**
027 * Whether the (string) property or a parameter must correspond to a specific
028 * regular expression.
029 * 
030 * <p>
031 * In the standard Apache Isis Programming Model, corresponds to the
032 * <tt>@RegEx</tt> annotation.
033 * 
034 * @see MaskFacet
035 */
036public interface RegExFacet extends MultipleValueFacet, ValidatingInteractionAdvisor {
037
038    public String validation();
039
040    public String format();
041
042    public boolean caseSensitive();
043
044    public boolean doesNotMatch(String proposed);
045
046    public String format(String text);
047
048}