se.l4.lect.internal.tokens

Class TokenMatcherImpl

java.lang.Object

se.l4.lect.internal.tokens.TokenMatcherImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

TokenMatcher

public class TokenMatcherImpl
extends Object
implements TokenMatcher

Implementation of TokenMatcher that runs on top of MatcherNodes.

Author:

Andreas Holstenson

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Token	END
static Token	START

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TokenMatcherImpl(int flags, MatcherNode root)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	add(Token token) Add a token to this matcher returning whether a match has now been found.
boolean	end() Indicate that this is the end of the current match sequence.
boolean	isMatch() Get if the matcher is currently matching.
void	reset() Reset the matching, for when tokens are no longer logically connected, such as when new sentence has been started.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

START

public static final Token START

END

public static final Token END

Constructor Detail

TokenMatcherImpl

public TokenMatcherImpl(int flags,
                        MatcherNode root)

Method Detail

add

public boolean add(Token token)

Description copied from interface: TokenMatcher

Add a token to this matcher returning whether a match has now been found. Tokens can be added whenever they are encountered and the matcher will automatically keep track where it is.

Specified by:

add in interface TokenMatcher

Returns:

if the pattern now matches

end

public boolean end()

Description copied from interface: TokenMatcher

Indicate that this is the end of the current match sequence. This method should be called to properly match against $ if used. In many cases this would be called at the end of a sentence by a Handler.

Specified by:

end in interface TokenMatcher

Returns:

if the pattern now matches

reset

public void reset()

Description copied from interface: TokenMatcher

Reset the matching, for when tokens are no longer logically connected, such as when new sentence has been started.

Specified by:

reset in interface TokenMatcher

isMatch

public boolean isMatch()

Description copied from interface: TokenMatcher

Get if the matcher is currently matching.

Specified by:

isMatch in interface TokenMatcher

Returns: