edu.washington.cs.knowitall.regex

Class Expression.Star<E>

java.lang.Object

edu.washington.cs.knowitall.regex.Expression.Star<E>

Type Parameters:

E -

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.google.common.base.Predicate<E>, Expression<E>

Enclosing interface:

Expression<E>

public static class Expression.Star<E>
extends java.lang.Object
implements Expression<E>

Kleene-star: zero or more of the enclosed expression. <foo>*

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface edu.washington.cs.knowitall.regex.Expression

Expression.AssertionExpression<E>, Expression.BaseExpression<E>, Expression.EndAssertion<E>, Expression.MatchingGroup<E>, Expression.MinMax<E>, Expression.NamedGroup<E>, Expression.NonMatchingGroup<E>, Expression.Option<E>, Expression.Or<E>, Expression.Plus<E>, Expression.Star<E>, Expression.StartAssertion<E>

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
Expression<E>	expr

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Expression.Star(Expression<E> expr)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	apply(E entity)
FiniteAutomaton.Automaton<E>	build() Convert the expression into a NFA.
int	minMatchingLength()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.google.common.base.Predicate

equals

Field Detail

expr

public final Expression<E> expr

Constructor Detail

Expression.Star

public Expression.Star(Expression<E> expr)

Method Detail

apply

public boolean apply(E entity)

Specified by:

apply in interface com.google.common.base.Predicate<E>

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

build

public FiniteAutomaton.Automaton<E> build()

Convert the expression into a NFA.

Specified by:

build in interface Expression<E>

minMatchingLength

public int minMatchingLength()

Specified by:

minMatchingLength in interface Expression<E>