01: /*
02: * This file is part of "SnipSnap Radeox Rendering Engine".
03: *
04: * Copyright (c) 2002 Stephan J. Schmidt, Matthias L. Jugel
05: * All Rights Reserved.
06: *
07: * Please visit http://radeox.org/ for updates and contact.
08: *
09: * --LICENSE NOTICE--
10: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
11: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
12: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
13: *
14: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
15: *
16: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
17: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
18: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
19: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
20: * limitations under the License.
21: * --LICENSE NOTICE--
22: */
23:
24: package org.radeox.regex;
25:
26: /*
27: * Class that compiles regular expressions to patterns @author stephan @team
28: * sonicteam
29: *
30: * @version $Id: Compiler.java 7756 2006-04-13 12:25:49Z ian@caret.cam.ac.uk $
31: */
32:
33: public abstract class Compiler {
34: /**
35: * Create a new Compiler object depending on the used implementation
36: *
37: * @return Compiler object with the used implementation
38: */
39: public static Compiler create() {
40: return new JdkCompiler();
41: }
42:
43: /**
44: * Whether the compiler should create multiline patterns or single line
45: * patterns.
46: *
47: * @param multiline
48: * True if the pattern is multiline, otherwise false
49: */
50: public abstract void setMultiline(boolean multiline);
51:
52: /**
53: * Compile a String regular expression to a regex pattern
54: *
55: * @param regex
56: * String representation of a regular expression
57: * @return Compiled regular expression
58: */
59: public abstract Pattern compile(String regex);
60: }
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