1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: regular expression matching
4 // Author: Karsten Ballueder
5 // Modified by: VZ at 13.07.01 (integrated to wxWin)
7 // Copyright: (c) 2000 Karsten Ballueder <ballueder@gmx.net>
8 // Licence: wxWindows licence
9 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
18 #include "wx/string.h"
20 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
22 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24 // flags for regex compilation: these can be used with Compile()
27 // use extended regex syntax
30 // use advanced RE syntax (built-in regex only)
31 #ifdef wxHAS_REGEX_ADVANCED
35 // use basic RE syntax
38 // ignore case in match
41 // only check match, don't set back references
44 // if not set, treat '\n' as an ordinary character, otherwise it is
45 // special: it is not matched by '.' and '^' and '$' always match
46 // after/before it regardless of the setting of wxRE_NOT[BE]OL
50 wxRE_DEFAULT
= wxRE_EXTENDED
53 // flags for regex matching: these can be used with Matches()
55 // these flags are mainly useful when doing several matches in a long string,
56 // they can be used to prevent erroneous matches for '^' and '$'
59 // '^' doesn't match at the start of line
62 // '$' doesn't match at the end of line
66 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
67 // wxRegEx: a regular expression
68 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
70 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxRegExImpl
;
72 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxRegEx
75 // default ctor: use Compile() later
79 wxRegEx(const wxString
& expr
, int flags
= wxRE_DEFAULT
)
82 (void)Compile(expr
, flags
);
85 // return true if this is a valid compiled regular expression
86 bool IsValid() const { return m_impl
!= NULL
; }
88 // compile the string into regular expression, return true if ok or false
89 // if string has a syntax error
90 bool Compile(const wxString
& pattern
, int flags
= wxRE_DEFAULT
);
92 // matches the precompiled regular expression against a string, return
93 // true if matches and false otherwise
95 // flags may be combination of wxRE_NOTBOL and wxRE_NOTEOL
96 // len may be the length of text (ignored by most system regex libs)
98 // may only be called after successful call to Compile()
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
); }
103 // get the start index and the length of the match of the expression
104 // (index 0) or a bracketed subexpression (index != 0)
106 // may only be called after successful call to Matches()
108 // return false if no match or on error
109 bool GetMatch(size_t *start
, size_t *len
, size_t index
= 0) const;
111 // return the part of string corresponding to the match, empty string is
112 // returned if match failed
114 // may only be called after successful call to Matches()
115 wxString
GetMatch(const wxString
& text
, size_t index
= 0) const;
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.
120 // may only be called after successful call to Compile()
121 size_t GetMatchCount() const;
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
127 // the replacement text may contain backreferences (\number) which will be
128 // replaced with the value of the corresponding subexpression in the
131 // maxMatches may be used to limit the number of replacements made, setting
132 // it to 1, for example, will only replace first occurrence (if any) of the
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;
137 // replace the first occurrence
138 int ReplaceFirst(wxString
*text
, const wxString
& replacement
) const
139 { return Replace(text
, replacement
, 1); }
141 // replace all occurrences: this is actually a synonym for Replace()
142 int ReplaceAll(wxString
*text
, const wxString
& replacement
) const
143 { return Replace(text
, replacement
, 0); }
145 // dtor not virtual, don't derive from this class
149 // common part of all ctors
152 // the real guts of this class
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
&);
161 #endif // wxUSE_REGEX
163 #endif // _WX_REGEX_H_