org.pf.text
Class MatchGroup

java.lang.Object
  org.pf.text.MatchElement
      org.pf.text.MatchGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class MatchGroup
extends MatchElement
implements java.io.Serializable

Represents a group of MatchAttributes and/or MatchGroups

Version:

1.7

Author:

Manfred Duchrow

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MatchGroup()
Initialize the new instance with default values.

Method Summary

void	addElement(MatchElement element) Add the specified element to the group.
int	elementCount() Returns the current number of elements in this group.
void	ignoreCaseInName(boolean ignoreIt) Defines whether or not the case of characters in attribute names must be ignored.
boolean	isGroup() Returns always true, because this is a group.

Methods inherited from class org.pf.text.MatchElement

getAnd, getNot, isAttribute, matches, setAnd, setNot

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MatchGroup

public MatchGroup()

Initialize the new instance with default values.

Method Detail

addElement

public void addElement(MatchElement element)

Add the specified element to the group. The element will be added at the end of the element list.

isGroup

public boolean isGroup()

Returns always true, because this is a group.

Overrides:

isGroup in class MatchElement

elementCount

public int elementCount()

Returns the current number of elements in this group.

ignoreCaseInName

public void ignoreCaseInName(boolean ignoreIt)

Defines whether or not the case of characters in attribute names must be ignored.