Package org.apache.nutch.util

Class PrefixStringMatcher

java.lang.Object

org.apache.nutch.util.TrieStringMatcher

org.apache.nutch.util.PrefixStringMatcher

public class PrefixStringMatcher
extends TrieStringMatcher

A class for efficiently matching Strings against a set of prefixes.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.nutch.util.TrieStringMatcher

TrieStringMatcher.TrieNode

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.nutch.util.TrieStringMatcher

root

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PrefixStringMatcher(String[] prefixes)	Creates a new PrefixStringMatcher which will match Strings with any prefix in the supplied array.
PrefixStringMatcher(Collection<String> prefixes)	Creates a new PrefixStringMatcher which will match Strings with any prefix in the supplied Collection.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	longestMatch(String input)	Returns the longest prefix of input that is matched, or null if no match exists.
static final void	main(String[] argv)
boolean	matches(String input)	Returns true if the given String is matched by a prefix in the trie
String	shortestMatch(String input)	Returns the shortest prefix of input that is matched, or null if no match exists.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.nutch.util.TrieStringMatcher

addPatternBackward, addPatternForward, matchChar

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PrefixStringMatcher

public PrefixStringMatcher(String[] prefixes)

Creates a new PrefixStringMatcher which will match Strings with any prefix in the supplied array. Zero-length Strings are ignored.

Parameters:

prefixes - A array containing string prefixes

PrefixStringMatcher

public PrefixStringMatcher(Collection<String> prefixes)

Creates a new PrefixStringMatcher which will match Strings with any prefix in the supplied Collection.

Parameters:

prefixes - A collection containing string prefixes

Throws:

ClassCastException - if any Objects in the collection are not Strings

Method Details

matches

public boolean matches(String input)

Returns true if the given String is matched by a prefix in the trie

Specified by:

matches in class TrieStringMatcher

Parameters:

input - A String to be matched by a pattern

Returns:

true if there is a match, flase otherwise

shortestMatch

public String shortestMatch(String input)

Returns the shortest prefix of input that is matched, or null if no match exists.

Specified by:

shortestMatch in class TrieStringMatcher

Parameters:

input - A String to be matched by a pattern

Returns:

shortest string match or null if no match is made

longestMatch

public String longestMatch(String input)

Returns the longest prefix of input that is matched, or null if no match exists.

Specified by:

longestMatch in class TrieStringMatcher

Parameters:

input - A String to be matched by a pattern

Returns:

longest string match or null if no match is made

main

public static final void main(String[] argv)