Class RegularExpressions

Object

RegularExpressions

public class RegularExpressions
extends Object

A class to verify that input conforms to certain regular expressions. Also contains constants for Regular Expressions used in the validation of the entities.

Author:

maartenl

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	COMMENTS_MESSAGE
static final String	COMMENTS_REGEXP
static final String	NAME_MESSAGE
static final String	NAME_REGEXP
static final String	ONLY_LETTERS_MESSAGE
static final String	ONLY_LETTERS_ONE_OR_MORE_MESSAGE
static final String	ONLY_LETTERS_ONE_OR_MORE_REGEXP
static final String	ONLY_LETTERS_REGEXP
static final String	URL_MESSAGE
static final String	URL_REGEXP
static final String	WIKIPAGE_TITLE_MESSAGE
static final String	WIKIPAGE_TITLE_REGEXP

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	checkRegexp(String regexp, String value, String message)	Checks if the value matches the regular expression
static boolean	regExpTest(String regexp, String matches)

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

NAME_REGEXP

public static final String NAME_REGEXP

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NAME_MESSAGE

public static final String NAME_MESSAGE

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URL_REGEXP

public static final String URL_REGEXP

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URL_MESSAGE

public static final String URL_MESSAGE

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ONLY_LETTERS_ONE_OR_MORE_REGEXP

public static final String ONLY_LETTERS_ONE_OR_MORE_REGEXP

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ONLY_LETTERS_ONE_OR_MORE_MESSAGE

public static final String ONLY_LETTERS_ONE_OR_MORE_MESSAGE

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ONLY_LETTERS_REGEXP

public static final String ONLY_LETTERS_REGEXP

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ONLY_LETTERS_MESSAGE

public static final String ONLY_LETTERS_MESSAGE

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COMMENTS_REGEXP

public static final String COMMENTS_REGEXP

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COMMENTS_MESSAGE

public static final String COMMENTS_MESSAGE

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WIKIPAGE_TITLE_REGEXP

public static final String WIKIPAGE_TITLE_REGEXP

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WIKIPAGE_TITLE_MESSAGE

public static final String WIKIPAGE_TITLE_MESSAGE

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Method Details

checkRegexp

public static void checkRegexp(String regexp,
 String value,
 String message)
                        throws RegularExpressionException

Checks if the value matches the regular expression

Parameters:

regexp - the regular expression

value - the value to verify

message - a message to display if the regular expression does not check out. May be null, in which case the message becomes something generic like "value x should match regexp y.

Throws:

RegularExpressionException - a checked exception indicating failure.

regExpTest

public static boolean regExpTest(String regexp,
 String matches)