com.florianingerl.util.regex

Class Capture

java.lang.Object

com.florianingerl.util.regex.Capture

public class Capture
extends Object

The result of a successful capture of a capturing group.

One group can be captured multiple times, e.g. if you apply the regex (a)+ to the input string aaaa, then there are 4 Capture objects associated with group 1.

Author:

Florian Ingerl

See Also:

Matcher.captureTree()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getEnd() Returns the end index of the range of the input sequence that was captured
int	getStart() Returns the start index of the range of the input sequence that was captured
String	getValue() Returns the substring of the input sequence that was captured

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getStart

public int getStart()

Returns the start index of the range of the input sequence that was captured

Returns:

The start index of the range of the input sequence that was captured

getEnd

public int getEnd()

Returns the end index of the range of the input sequence that was captured

Returns:

The end index of the range of the input sequence that was captured

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns the substring of the input sequence that was captured

Returns:

The substring of the input sequence that was captured