Class StringExaminer

java.lang.Object
com.sshtools.daemon.util.StringScanner
com.sshtools.daemon.util.StringExaminer

public class StringExaminer extends StringScanner
As a subclass of StringScanner this class allows more advanced navigation over the underlying string.
That includes moving to positions of specific substrings etc.
Version:
$Id: StringExaminer.java,v 1.7 2003/09/11 15:37:07 martianx Exp $
Author:
Manfred Duchrow
  • Constructor Details

    • StringExaminer

      public StringExaminer(String stringToExamine)
      Initialize the new instance with the string to examine.
      The string will be treated case-sensitive.
      Parameters:
      stringToExamine - The string that should be examined
    • StringExaminer

      public StringExaminer(String stringToExamine, boolean ignoreCase)
      Initialize the new instance with the string to examine.
      Parameters:
      stringToExamine - The string that should be examined
      ignoreCase - Specified whether or not treating the string case insensitive
  • Method Details

    • ignoreCase

      protected boolean ignoreCase()
      Returns:
    • ignoreCase

      protected void ignoreCase(boolean newValue)
      Parameters:
      newValue -
    • skipAfter

      public boolean skipAfter(String matchString)
      Increments the position pointer up to the last character that matched the character sequence in the given matchString. Returns true, if the matchString was found, otherwise false.

      If the matchString was found, the next invocation of method nextChar() returns the first character after that matchString.

      Parameters:
      matchString - The string to look up
      Returns:
    • skipBefore

      public boolean skipBefore(String matchString)
      Increments the position pointer up to the first character before the character sequence in the given matchString. Returns true, if the matchString was found, otherwise false.

      If the matchString was found, the next invocation of method nextChar() returns the first character of that matchString from the position where it was found inside the examined string.

      Parameters:
      matchString - The string to look up
      Returns:
    • peekUpToEnd

      public String peekUpToEnd()
      Returns the a string containing all characters from the current position up to the end of the examined string.
      The character position of the examiner is not changed by this method.
      Returns:
    • upToEnd

      public String upToEnd()
      Returns the a string containing all characters from the current position up to the end of the examined string.
      The character position is put to the end by this method. That means the next invocation of nextChar() returns END_REACHED.
      Returns:
    • charsAreEqual

      protected boolean charsAreEqual(char char1, char char2)
      Parameters:
      char1 -
      char2 -
      Returns:
    • upToEnd

      protected String upToEnd(boolean peek)
      Returns the a string containing all characters from the current position up to the end of the examined string.
      Depending on the peek flag the character position of the examiner is unchanged (true) after calling this method or points behind the strings last character.
      Parameters:
      peek -
      Returns: