org.apache.james.jspf.impl
Class DefaultTermDefinition

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.james.jspf.impl.DefaultTermDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

TermDefinition

public class DefaultTermDefinition
extends java.lang.Object
implements TermDefinition

Default implementation for the TermDefinition. This implementation try to retrieve the definition looking up a static REGEX field in the term class.

Constructor Summary

DefaultTermDefinition(java.lang.Class tClass)

Method Summary

int	getMatchSize() Return the number of groups to be expected from the pattern of this Term.
java.util.regex.Pattern	getPattern() Retrieve the pattern to be used to match a string against this record type.
java.lang.Class	getTermDef() The class implementing this Term type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultTermDefinition

public DefaultTermDefinition(java.lang.Class tClass)
                      throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                             java.lang.SecurityException,
                             java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                             java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

java.lang.SecurityException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

Method Detail

getPattern

public java.util.regex.Pattern getPattern()

Description copied from interface: TermDefinition

Retrieve the pattern to be used to match a string against this record type.

Specified by:

getPattern in interface TermDefinition

Returns:

the pattern for this term

See Also:

TermDefinition.getPattern()

getTermDef

public java.lang.Class getTermDef()

Description copied from interface: TermDefinition

The class implementing this Term type.

Specified by:

getTermDef in interface TermDefinition

Returns:

the class object.

See Also:

TermDefinition.getTermDef()

getMatchSize

public int getMatchSize()

Description copied from interface: TermDefinition

Return the number of groups to be expected from the pattern of this Term.

Specified by:

getMatchSize in interface TermDefinition

Returns:

the number of groups

See Also:

TermDefinition.getMatchSize()