com.stevesoft.pat

Class BackRefRule

java.lang.Object

com.stevesoft.pat.ReplaceRule

com.stevesoft.pat.BackRefRule

public class BackRefRule
extends ReplaceRule

This method implements the pattern elements $1, $2, etc in a substitution rule. The apply(StringBufferLike sb,RegRes rr) method of this ReplaceRule simply appends the contents of rr.stringMatched(n), where n is the integer supplied to the constructor.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.stevesoft.pat.ReplaceRule

next

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BackRefRule(int n)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	apply(StringBufferLike sb, RegRes res) This function appends to the StringBufferLike the text you want to replaced the portion of the String last matched.
Object	clone1() A rule describing how to clone only the current ReplaceRule, and none of the others in this linked list.
String	toString1() This tells how to convert just the current element (and none of the other items in the linked list) to a String.

Methods inherited from class com.stevesoft.pat.ReplaceRule

add, addRule, arg, clone, define, define, define, isDefined, perlCode, toString, undefine

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BackRefRule

public BackRefRule(int n)

Method Detail

apply

public void apply(StringBufferLike sb,
                  RegRes res)

Description copied from class: ReplaceRule

This function appends to the StringBufferLike the text you want to replaced the portion of the String last matched.

Specified by:

apply in class ReplaceRule

toString1

public String toString1()

Description copied from class: ReplaceRule

This tells how to convert just the current element (and none of the other items in the linked list) to a String. This method is called by toString() for each item in the linked list.

Overrides:

toString1 in class ReplaceRule

clone1

public Object clone1()

Description copied from class: ReplaceRule

A rule describing how to clone only the current ReplaceRule, and none of the others in this linked list. It is called by clone() for each item in the list.

Overrides:

clone1 in class ReplaceRule