sunlabs.brazil.util
Class MatchString

java.lang.Object
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public class MatchString
extends Object

Utility class for handlers to determine, based on the URL, if the current request should be processed.

Properties:

prefix

The url prefix the url must match (defaults to "/").

suffix

The url suffix the url must match (defaults to "").

glob

The glob pattern the url must match. If defined, this overrides both prefix and suffix.

match

The reqular expression pattern the url must match. If defined, this overrides glob.

ignoreCase

If present and match is defined, this causes the regular expression match to be case insensitive. By default, case counts.

invert

If true, the sense of the comparison is reversed

Field Summary

static String

defaultPrefix The default URL prefix.

Constructor Summary

MatchString(String propsPrefix)
Create a matcher for per-request URL checking.

MatchString(String propsPrefix, Properties props)
Create a matcher for one-time-only checking.

Method Summary

boolean	match(String url) See if this is our url.
boolean	match(String url, Properties props) See if this is our url.
String	prefix() Return our prefix
String	toString() print nicely

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

defaultPrefix

public static String defaultPrefix

The default URL prefix. It should be "/" for backward compatibility. Change at your own peril.

Constructor Detail

MatchString

public MatchString(String propsPrefix)

Create a matcher for per-request URL checking. This constructer is used if the properties are to be evaluated on each request.

Parameters:

propsPrefix - The prefix to use in the properties object.

MatchString

public MatchString(String propsPrefix,
                   Properties props)

Create a matcher for one-time-only checking. This constructor is used if the properties are to be computed only once, at "init" time.

Parameters:

propsPrefix - The prefix to use in the properties object.

props - The table to find the properties in.

Method Detail

match

public boolean match(String url)

See if this is our url. Use this version for properties evaluated only at init time.

match

public boolean match(String url,
                     Properties props)

See if this is our url. Use this version for properties evaluated at each request.

prefix

public String prefix()

Return our prefix

toString

public String toString()

print nicely

Overrides:

toString in class Object