Package student.testingsupport

Class StringNormalizer.RegexNormalizerRule

java.lang.Object

student.testingsupport.StringNormalizer.NormalizerRule

student.testingsupport.StringNormalizer.RegexNormalizerRule

Direct Known Subclasses:

NormalizerRuleIgnoreLeadingNewlines, NormalizerRuleTrailingColonPerLine, NormalizerRuleTrailingSpacePerLine

Enclosing class:

StringNormalizer

public static class StringNormalizer.RegexNormalizerRule
extends StringNormalizer.NormalizerRule

A highly reusable concrete implementation of StringNormalizer.NormalizerRule that applies a series of regular expression substitutions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RegexNormalizerRule(String displayName, boolean everywhere, String... patterns)	Create a new regular expression rule using a series of pattern/replacement pairs.
RegexNormalizerRule(String displayName, String... patterns)	Create a new regular expression rule using a series of pattern/replacement pairs.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	displayName()	Human readable name of the rule
boolean	equals(Object obj)
int	hashCode()
String	normalize(String content)	Normalize a string by applying all of this rule's regular expression pattern/replacement pairs, in order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

RegexNormalizerRule

public RegexNormalizerRule(String displayName,
 String... patterns)

Create a new regular expression rule using a series of pattern/replacement pairs. Each pattern/replacement will be applied globally (all matches that can be found). If multiple patterns are given, they will be applied in the order given. Use this form:

 myRule = new RegexNormalizerRule(
     "pattern1", "replacement1",
     "pattern2", "replacement2",
     ... // As many as you want
 );
 

Parameters:

patterns - a series of regular expression pattern/replacement pairs (there must be an even number!)

RegexNormalizerRule

public RegexNormalizerRule(String displayName,
 boolean everywhere,
 String... patterns)

Create a new regular expression rule using a series of pattern/replacement pairs.

Parameters:

everywhere - True if all pattern/replacements should be applied globally (for every match), or false if the replacements should only be applied to the first match for each pattern.

patterns - a series of regular expression pattern/replacement pairs (there must be an even number!)

Method Details

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in class StringNormalizer.NormalizerRule

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Specified by:

equals in class StringNormalizer.NormalizerRule

normalize

public String normalize(String content)

Normalize a string by applying all of this rule's regular expression pattern/replacement pairs, in order.

Specified by:

normalize in class StringNormalizer.NormalizerRule

Parameters:

content - The string to transform

Returns:

The result after all substitutions have been applied

displayName

public String displayName()

Description copied from class: StringNormalizer.NormalizerRule

Human readable name of the rule

Specified by:

displayName in class StringNormalizer.NormalizerRule

Returns:

The name