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1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: wx/regex.h
3 // Purpose: regular expression matching
4 // Author: Karsten Ballüder
5 // Modified by: VZ at 13.07.01 (integrated to wxWin)
6 // Created: 05.02.2000
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) 2000 Karsten Ballüder <ballueder@gmx.net>
9 // Licence: wxWindows licence
10 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_REGEX_H_
13 #define _WX_REGEX_H_
14
15 #include "wx/defs.h"
16
17 #if wxUSE_REGEX
18
19 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxString;
20
21 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
22 // constants
23 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24
25 // flags for regex compilation: these can be used with Compile()
26 enum
27 {
28 // use extended regex syntax
29 wxRE_EXTENDED = 0,
30
31 // use advanced RE syntax (built-in regex only)
32 #ifdef wxHAS_REGEX_ADVANCED
33 wxRE_ADVANCED = 1,
34 #endif
35
36 // use basic RE syntax
37 wxRE_BASIC = 2,
38
39 // ignore case in match
40 wxRE_ICASE = 4,
41
42 // only check match, don't set back references
43 wxRE_NOSUB = 8,
44
45 // if not set, treat '\n' as an ordinary character, otherwise it is
46 // special: it is not matched by '.' and '^' and '$' always match
47 // after/before it regardless of the setting of wxRE_NOT[BE]OL
48 wxRE_NEWLINE = 16,
49
50 // default flags
51 wxRE_DEFAULT = wxRE_EXTENDED
52 };
53
54 // flags for regex matching: these can be used with Matches()
55 //
56 // these flags are mainly useful when doing several matches in a long string,
57 // they can be used to prevent erroneous matches for '^' and '$'
58 enum
59 {
60 // '^' doesn't match at the start of line
61 wxRE_NOTBOL = 32,
62
63 // '$' doesn't match at the end of line
64 wxRE_NOTEOL = 64
65 };
66
67 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
68 // wxRegEx: a regular expression
69 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
70
71 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxRegExImpl;
72
73 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxRegEx
74 {
75 public:
76 // default ctor: use Compile() later
77 wxRegEx() { Init(); }
78
79 // create and compile
80 wxRegEx(const wxString& expr, int flags = wxRE_DEFAULT)
81 {
82 Init();
83 (void)Compile(expr, flags);
84 }
85
86 // return true if this is a valid compiled regular expression
87 bool IsValid() const { return m_impl != NULL; }
88
89 // compile the string into regular expression, return true if ok or false
90 // if string has a syntax error
91 bool Compile(const wxString& pattern, int flags = wxRE_DEFAULT);
92
93 // matches the precompiled regular expression against a string, return
94 // true if matches and false otherwise
95 //
96 // flags may be combination of wxRE_NOTBOL and wxRE_NOTEOL
97 // len may be the length of text (ignored by most system regex libs)
98 //
99 // may only be called after successful call to Compile()
100 bool Matches(const wxString& text, int flags = 0) const;
101 bool Matches(const wxChar *text, int flags, size_t len) const
102 { return Matches(wxString(text, len), flags); }
103
104 // get the start index and the length of the match of the expression
105 // (index 0) or a bracketed subexpression (index != 0)
106 //
107 // may only be called after successful call to Matches()
108 //
109 // return false if no match or on error
110 bool GetMatch(size_t *start, size_t *len, size_t index = 0) const;
111
112 // return the part of string corresponding to the match, empty string is
113 // returned if match failed
114 //
115 // may only be called after successful call to Matches()
116 wxString GetMatch(const wxString& text, size_t index = 0) const;
117
118 // return the size of the array of matches, i.e. the number of bracketed
119 // subexpressions plus one for the expression itself, or 0 on error.
120 //
121 // may only be called after successful call to Compile()
122 size_t GetMatchCount() const;
123
124 // replaces the current regular expression in the string pointed to by
125 // pattern, with the text in replacement and return number of matches
126 // replaced (maybe 0 if none found) or -1 on error
127 //
128 // the replacement text may contain backreferences (\number) which will be
129 // replaced with the value of the corresponding subexpression in the
130 // pattern match
131 //
132 // maxMatches may be used to limit the number of replacements made, setting
133 // it to 1, for example, will only replace first occurence (if any) of the
134 // pattern in the text while default value of 0 means replace all
135 int Replace(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement,
136 size_t maxMatches = 0) const;
137
138 // replace the first occurence
139 int ReplaceFirst(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement) const
140 { return Replace(text, replacement, 1); }
141
142 // replace all occurences: this is actually a synonym for Replace()
143 int ReplaceAll(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement) const
144 { return Replace(text, replacement, 0); }
145
146 // dtor not virtual, don't derive from this class
147 ~wxRegEx();
148
149 private:
150 // common part of all ctors
151 void Init();
152
153 // the real guts of this class
154 wxRegExImpl *m_impl;
155
156 // as long as the class wxRegExImpl is not ref-counted,
157 // instances of the handle wxRegEx must not be copied.
158 wxRegEx(const wxRegEx&);
159 wxRegEx &operator=(const wxRegEx&);
160 };
161
162 #endif // wxUSE_REGEX
163
164 #endif // _WX_REGEX_H_
165