#ifndef _WX_REGEX_H_
#define _WX_REGEX_H_
-#ifdef __GNUG__
+#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
#pragma interface "regex.h"
#endif
#if wxUSE_REGEX
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxString;
+
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// constants
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// max number of subexpression matches, the default should be big enough for
-// all uses but may be a bit wasteful
-#ifndef WX_REGEX_MAXMATCHES
- #define WX_REGEX_MAXMATCHES 1024
-#endif
-
// flags for regex compilation: these can be used with Compile()
enum
{
// flags may be combination of wxRE_NOTBOL and wxRE_NOTEOL
//
// may only be called after successful call to Compile()
- bool Matches(const wxString& str, int flags = 0) const;
+ bool Matches(const wxChar *text, int flags = 0) const;
// get the start index and the length of the match of the expression
// (index 0) or a bracketed subexpression (index != 0)
// replaces the current regular expression in the string pointed to by
// pattern, with the text in replacement and return number of matches
// replaced (maybe 0 if none found) or -1 on error
- int Replace(wxString *str, const wxString& replacement) const;
+ //
+ // the replacement text may contain backreferences (\number) which will be
+ // replaced with the value of the corresponding subexpression in the
+ // pattern match
+ //
+ // maxMatches may be used to limit the number of replacements made, setting
+ // it to 1, for example, will only replace first occurence (if any) of the
+ // pattern in the text while default value of 0 means replace all
+ int Replace(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement,
+ size_t maxMatches = 0) const;
+
+ // replace the first occurence
+ int ReplaceFirst(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement) const
+ { return Replace(text, replacement, 1); }
+
+ // replace all occurences: this is actually a synonym for Replace()
+ int ReplaceAll(wxString *text, const wxString& replacement) const
+ { return Replace(text, replacement, 0); }
// dtor not virtual, don't derive from this class
~wxRegEx();
// the real guts of this class
wxRegExImpl *m_impl;
+
+ // as long as the class wxRegExImpl is not ref-counted,
+ // instances of the handle wxRegEx must not be copied.
+ wxRegEx(const wxRegEx&);
+ wxRegEx &operator=(const wxRegEx&);
};
#endif // wxUSE_REGEX