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1///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: wx/regex.h
3// Purpose: regular expression matching
9d55bfef 4// Author: Karsten Ballueder
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5// Modified by: VZ at 13.07.01 (integrated to wxWin)
6// Created: 05.02.2000
9d55bfef 7// Copyright: (c) 2000 Karsten Ballueder <ballueder@gmx.net>
65571936 8// Licence: wxWindows licence
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9///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10
11#ifndef _WX_REGEX_H_
12#define _WX_REGEX_H_
13
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14#include "wx/defs.h"
15
16#if wxUSE_REGEX
17
9d77a075 18#include "wx/string.h"
1255525b 19
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20// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
21// constants
22// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
23
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24// flags for regex compilation: these can be used with Compile()
25enum
26{
e3f9e20c 27 // use extended regex syntax
e7208277 28 wxRE_EXTENDED = 0,
701a0b47 29
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30 // use advanced RE syntax (built-in regex only)
31#ifdef wxHAS_REGEX_ADVANCED
32 wxRE_ADVANCED = 1,
33#endif
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34
35 // use basic RE syntax
36 wxRE_BASIC = 2,
37
38 // ignore case in match
39 wxRE_ICASE = 4,
40
41 // only check match, don't set back references
42 wxRE_NOSUB = 8,
43
44 // if not set, treat '\n' as an ordinary character, otherwise it is
45 // special: it is not matched by '.' and '^' and '$' always match
46 // after/before it regardless of the setting of wxRE_NOT[BE]OL
47 wxRE_NEWLINE = 16,
48
49 // default flags
00e6c2bd 50 wxRE_DEFAULT = wxRE_EXTENDED
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51};
52
53// flags for regex matching: these can be used with Matches()
54//
55// these flags are mainly useful when doing several matches in a long string,
56// they can be used to prevent erroneous matches for '^' and '$'
57enum
58{
59 // '^' doesn't match at the start of line
60 wxRE_NOTBOL = 32,
61
62 // '$' doesn't match at the end of line
63 wxRE_NOTEOL = 64
64};
65
66// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
67// wxRegEx: a regular expression
68// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
69
b5dbe15d 70class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxRegExImpl;
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bddd7a8d 72class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxRegEx
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73{
74public:
75 // default ctor: use Compile() later
76 wxRegEx() { Init(); }
77
78 // create and compile
79 wxRegEx(const wxString& expr, int flags = wxRE_DEFAULT)
80 {
81 Init();
82 (void)Compile(expr, flags);
83 }
84
701a0b47 85 // return true if this is a valid compiled regular expression
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86 bool IsValid() const { return m_impl != NULL; }
87
701a0b47 88 // compile the string into regular expression, return true if ok or false
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89 // if string has a syntax error
90 bool Compile(const wxString& pattern, int flags = wxRE_DEFAULT);
91
92 // matches the precompiled regular expression against a string, return
701a0b47 93 // true if matches and false otherwise
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94 //
95 // flags may be combination of wxRE_NOTBOL and wxRE_NOTEOL
ab0f0edd 96 // len may be the length of text (ignored by most system regex libs)
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97 //
98 // may only be called after successful call to Compile()
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99 bool Matches(const wxString& text, int flags = 0) const;
100 bool Matches(const wxChar *text, int flags, size_t len) const
101 { return Matches(wxString(text, len), flags); }
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102
103 // get the start index and the length of the match of the expression
104 // (index 0) or a bracketed subexpression (index != 0)
105 //
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106 // may only be called after successful call to Matches()
107 //
701a0b47 108 // return false if no match or on error
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109 bool GetMatch(size_t *start, size_t *len, size_t index = 0) const;
110
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111 // return the part of string corresponding to the match, empty string is
112 // returned if match failed
113 //
114 // may only be called after successful call to Matches()
115 wxString GetMatch(const wxString& text, size_t index = 0) const;
116
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117 // return the size of the array of matches, i.e. the number of bracketed
118 // subexpressions plus one for the expression itself, or 0 on error.
119 //
120 // may only be called after successful call to Compile()
121 size_t GetMatchCount() const;
122
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123 // replaces the current regular expression in the string pointed to by
124 // pattern, with the text in replacement and return number of matches
125 // replaced (maybe 0 if none found) or -1 on error
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126 //
127 // the replacement text may contain backreferences (\number) which will be
128 // replaced with the value of the corresponding subexpression in the
129 // pattern match
130 //
131 // maxMatches may be used to limit the number of replacements made, setting
7929902d 132 // it to 1, for example, will only replace first occurrence (if any) of the
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133 // pattern in the text while default value of 0 means replace all
134 int Replace(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement,
135 size_t maxMatches = 0) const;
136
7929902d 137 // replace the first occurrence
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138 int ReplaceFirst(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement) const
139 { return Replace(text, replacement, 1); }
140
7929902d 141 // replace all occurrences: this is actually a synonym for Replace()
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142 int ReplaceAll(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement) const
143 { return Replace(text, replacement, 0); }
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144
145 // dtor not virtual, don't derive from this class
146 ~wxRegEx();
147
148private:
149 // common part of all ctors
150 void Init();
151
152 // the real guts of this class
153 wxRegExImpl *m_impl;
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154
155 // as long as the class wxRegExImpl is not ref-counted,
156 // instances of the handle wxRegEx must not be copied.
157 wxRegEx(const wxRegEx&);
158 wxRegEx &operator=(const wxRegEx&);
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159};
160
161#endif // wxUSE_REGEX
162
163#endif // _WX_REGEX_H_
164