openfoam/src/OSspecific/POSIX/regExp.H

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Class
    Foam::regExp

Description
    Wrapper around POSIX extended regular expressions.

SeeAlso
    The manpage regex(7) for more information about POSIX regular expressions.
    These differ somewhat from \c Perl and \c sed regular expressions.

SourceFiles
    regExp.C

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#ifndef regExp_H
#define regExp_H

#include <regex.h>
#include <string>

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namespace Foam
{

// Forward declaration of classes
class string;
template<class T> class List;

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                           Class regExp Declaration
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class regExp
{
    // Private data

        //- Precompiled regular expression
        mutable regex_t* preg_;

    // Private Member Functions

        //- Disallow default bitwise copy construct
        regExp(const regExp&);

        //- Disallow default bitwise assignment
        void operator=(const regExp&);

public:

        //- Is character a regular expression meta-character?
        //  any character: '.' \n
        //  quantifiers: '*', '+', '?' \n
        //  grouping: '(', '|', ')' \n
        //  range: '[', ']' \n
        //
        //  Don't bother checking for '{digit}' bounds
        inline static bool meta(char c)
        {
            return
            (
                (c == '.')                           // any character
             || (c == '*' || c == '+' || c == '?')   // quantifiers
             || (c == '(' || c == ')' || c == '|')   // grouping/branching
             || (c == '[' || c == ']')               // range
            );
        }


    // Constructors

        //- Construct null
        regExp();

        //- Construct from character array, optionally ignoring case
        regExp(const char*, const bool ignoreCase=false);

        //- Construct from std::string (or string), optionally ignoring case
        regExp(const std::string&, const bool ignoreCase=false);

    //- Destructor
    ~regExp();


    // Member functions

    //- Access

        //- Return true if a precompiled expression does not exist
        inline bool empty() const
        {
            return !preg_;
        }

        //- Does a precompiled expression exist?
        inline bool exists() const
        {
            return preg_ ? true : false;
        }

        //- Return the number of (groups)
        inline int ngroups() const
        {
            return preg_ ? preg_->re_nsub : 0;
        }


    //- Editing

        //- Compile pattern into a regular expression, optionally ignoring case
        void set(const char*, const bool ignoreCase=false) const;

        //- Compile pattern into a regular expression, optionally ignoring case
        void set(const std::string&, const bool ignoreCase=false) const;


        //- Release precompiled expression.
        //  Returns true if precompiled expression existed before clear
        bool clear() const;


    //- Searching

        //- Find position within string.
        //  Returns the index where it begins or string::npos if not found
        std::string::size_type find(const std::string& str) const;

        //- Return true if it matches the entire string
        //  The begin-of-line (^) and end-of-line ($) anchors are implicit
        bool match(const std::string&) const;

        //- Return true if it matches and sets the sub-groups matched
        //  The begin-of-line (^) and end-of-line ($) anchors are implicit
        bool match(const string&, List<string>& groups) const;

        //- Return true if the regex was found within string
        bool search(const std::string& str) const
        {
            return std::string::npos != find(str);
        }


    // Member Operators

        //- Assign and compile pattern from a character array
        //  Always case sensitive
        void operator=(const char*);

        //- Assign and compile pattern from string
        //  Always case sensitive
        void operator=(const std::string&);

};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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