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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: regex.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxRegEx
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
3ed3a1c8 9/**
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10 @anchor wxRE_FLAGS
11
9602ce3d 12 Flags for regex compilation to be used with wxRegEx::Compile().
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13*/
14enum
15{
16 /** Use extended regex syntax. */
17 wxRE_EXTENDED = 0,
18
19 /** Use advanced RE syntax (built-in regex only). */
20 wxRE_ADVANCED = 1,
21
22 /** Use basic RE syntax. */
23 wxRE_BASIC = 2,
24
25 /** Ignore case in match. */
26 wxRE_ICASE = 4,
27
28 /** Only check match, don't set back references. */
29 wxRE_NOSUB = 8,
30
31 /**
32 If not set, treat '\n' as an ordinary character, otherwise it is
33 special: it is not matched by '.' and '^' and '$' always match
34 after/before it regardless of the setting of wxRE_NOT[BE]OL.
35 */
36 wxRE_NEWLINE = 16,
37
38 /** Default flags.*/
39 wxRE_DEFAULT = wxRE_EXTENDED
40};
41
42/**
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43 @anchor wxRE_NOT_FLAGS
44
9602ce3d 45 Flags for regex matching to be used with wxRegEx::Matches().
3ed3a1c8 46 These flags are mainly useful when doing several matches in a long string
9602ce3d 47 to prevent erroneous matches for '^' and '$':
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48*/
49enum
50{
51 /** '^' doesn't match at the start of line. */
52 wxRE_NOTBOL = 32,
53
54 /** '$' doesn't match at the end of line. */
55 wxRE_NOTEOL = 64
56};
57
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58/**
59 @class wxRegEx
7c913512 60
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61 wxRegEx represents a regular expression. This class provides support
62 for regular expressions matching and also replacement.
7c913512 63
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64 It is built on top of either the system library (if it has support
65 for POSIX regular expressions - which is the case of the most modern
66 Unices) or uses the built in Henry Spencer's library. Henry Spencer
67 would appreciate being given credit in the documentation of software
68 which uses his library, but that is not a requirement.
7c913512 69
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70 Regular expressions, as defined by POSIX, come in two flavours: @e extended
71 and @e basic. The builtin library also adds a third flavour
3ed3a1c8 72 of expression @ref overview_resyntax "advanced", which is not available
23324ae1 73 when using the system library.
7c913512 74
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75 Unicode is fully supported only when using the builtin library.
76 When using the system library in Unicode mode, the expressions and data
77 are translated to the default 8-bit encoding before being passed to
78 the library.
7c913512 79
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80 On platforms where a system library is available, the default is to use
81 the builtin library for Unicode builds, and the system library otherwise.
82 It is possible to use the other if preferred by selecting it when building
83 the wxWidgets.
7c913512 84
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85 @library{wxbase}
86 @category{data}
7c913512 87
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88 Examples:
89
90 A bad example of processing some text containing email addresses (the example
91 is bad because the real email addresses can have more complicated form than
92 @c user@host.net):
93
94 @code
95 wxString text;
96 ...
97 wxRegEx reEmail = wxT("([^@]+)@([[:alnum:].-_].)+([[:alnum:]]+)");
98 if ( reEmail.Matches(text) )
99 {
100 wxString text = reEmail.GetMatch(email);
101 wxString username = reEmail.GetMatch(email, 1);
102 if ( reEmail.GetMatch(email, 3) == wxT("com") ) // .com TLD?
103 {
104 ...
105 }
106 }
107
108 // or we could do this to hide the email address
109 size_t count = reEmail.ReplaceAll(text, wxT("HIDDEN@\\2\\3"));
110 printf("text now contains %u hidden addresses", count);
111 @endcode
23324ae1 112*/
7c913512 113class wxRegEx
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114{
115public:
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116
117 /**
118 Default constructor: use Compile() later.
119 */
120 wxRegEx();
121
23324ae1 122 /**
7c913512 123 Create and compile the regular expression, use
23324ae1 124 IsValid() to test for compilation errors.
3ed3a1c8 125
bbc5b7f8 126 As for the flags, please see @ref wxRE_FLAGS.
23324ae1 127 */
7c913512 128 wxRegEx(const wxString& expr, int flags = wxRE_DEFAULT);
3ed3a1c8 129
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130
131 /**
3ed3a1c8 132 Destructor. It's not virtual, don't derive from this class.
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133 */
134 ~wxRegEx();
135
136 /**
7c913512 137 Compile the string into regular expression, return @true if ok or @false
23324ae1 138 if string has a syntax error.
3ed3a1c8 139
bbc5b7f8 140 As for the flags, please see @ref wxRE_FLAGS.
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141 */
142 bool Compile(const wxString& pattern, int flags = wxRE_DEFAULT);
143
23324ae1 144 /**
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145 Get the start index and the length of the match of the expression
146 (if @a index is 0) or a bracketed subexpression (@a index different from 0).
147
148 May only be called after successful call to Matches() and only if @c wxRE_NOSUB
149 was @b not used in Compile().
150
151 Returns @false if no match or if an error occurred.
152
23324ae1 153 */
328f5751 154 bool GetMatch(size_t* start, size_t* len, size_t index = 0) const;
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155
156 /**
157 Returns the part of string corresponding to the match where index is interpreted
158 as above. Empty string is returned if match failed.
159
160 May only be called after successful call to Matches() and only if @c wxRE_NOSUB
161 was @b not used in Compile().
162 */
163 wxString GetMatch(const wxString& text, size_t index = 0) const;
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164
165 /**
166 Returns the size of the array of matches, i.e. the number of bracketed
167 subexpressions plus one for the expression itself, or 0 on error.
3ed3a1c8 168
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169 May only be called after successful call to Compile().
170 and only if @c wxRE_NOSUB was @b not used.
171 */
328f5751 172 size_t GetMatchCount() const;
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173
174 /**
7c913512 175 Return @true if this is a valid compiled regular expression, @false
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176 otherwise.
177 */
328f5751 178 bool IsValid() const;
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179
180 //@{
181 /**
3ed3a1c8 182 Matches the precompiled regular expression against the string @a text,
23324ae1 183 returns @true if matches and @false otherwise.
3ed3a1c8 184
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185 @e Flags may be combination of @c wxRE_NOTBOL and @c wxRE_NOTEOL, see
186 @ref wxRE_NOT_FLAGS.
3ed3a1c8 187
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188 Some regex libraries assume that the text given is null terminated, while
189 others require the length be given as a separate parameter. Therefore for
4cc4bfaf 190 maximum portability assume that @a text cannot contain embedded nulls.
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191
192 When the <b>Matches(const wxChar *text, int flags = 0)</b> form is used,
193 a wxStrlen() will be done internally if the regex library requires the
194 length. When using Matches() in a loop the <b>Matches(text, flags, len)</b>
195 form can be used instead, making it possible to avoid a wxStrlen() inside
196 the loop.
197
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198 May only be called after successful call to Compile().
199 */
328f5751 200 bool Matches(const wxChar* text, int flags = 0) const;
11e3af6e 201 bool Matches(const wxChar* text, int flags, size_t len) const;
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202 //@}
203
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204 /**
205 Matches the precompiled regular expression against the string @a text,
206 returns @true if matches and @false otherwise.
207
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208 @e Flags may be combination of @c wxRE_NOTBOL and @c wxRE_NOTEOL, see
209 @ref wxRE_NOT_FLAGS.
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210
211 May only be called after successful call to Compile().
212 */
11e3af6e 213 bool Matches(const wxString& text, int flags = 0) const;
3ed3a1c8 214
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215 /**
216 Replaces the current regular expression in the string pointed to by
3ed3a1c8 217 @a text, with the text in @a replacement and return number of matches
23324ae1 218 replaced (maybe 0 if none found) or -1 on error.
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219
220 The replacement text may contain back references @c \\number which will be
23324ae1 221 replaced with the value of the corresponding subexpression in the
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222 pattern match. @c \\0 corresponds to the entire match and @c \& is a
223 synonym for it. Backslash may be used to quote itself or @c \& character.
224
4cc4bfaf 225 @a maxMatches may be used to limit the number of replacements made, setting
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226 it to 1, for example, will only replace first occurrence (if any) of the
227 pattern in the text while default value of 0 means replace all.
228 */
229 int Replace(wxString* text, const wxString& replacement,
328f5751 230 size_t maxMatches = 0) const;
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231
232 /**
7c913512 233 Replace all occurrences: this is actually a synonym for
23324ae1 234 Replace().
3c4f71cc 235
4cc4bfaf 236 @see ReplaceFirst()
23324ae1 237 */
328f5751 238 int ReplaceAll(wxString* text, const wxString& replacement) const;
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239
240 /**
241 Replace the first occurrence.
242 */
328f5751 243 int ReplaceFirst(wxString* text, const wxString& replacement) const;
23324ae1 244};
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