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package java.util.regex;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Objects;
/**
* The result of a match operation.
*
* <p>This interface contains query methods used to determine the
* results of a match against a regular expression. The match boundaries,
* groups and group boundaries can be seen but not modified through
* a {@code MatchResult}.
*
* @implNote
* Support for named groups is implemented by the default methods
* {@link #start(String)}, {@link #end(String)} and {@link #group(String)}.
* They all make use of the map returned by {@link #namedGroups()}, whose
* default implementation simply throws {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
* It is thus sufficient to override {@link #namedGroups()} for these methods
* to work. However, overriding them directly might be preferable for
* performance or other reasons.
*
* @author Michael McCloskey
* @see Matcher
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface MatchResult {
/**
* Returns the start index of the match.
*
* @return The index of the first character matched
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*/
int start();
/**
* Returns the start index of the subsequence captured by the given group
* during this match.
*
* <p> <a href="Pattern.html#cg">Capturing groups</a> are indexed from left
* to right, starting at one. Group zero denotes the entire pattern, so
* the expression <i>m.</i>{@code start(0)} is equivalent to
* <i>m.</i>{@code start()}. </p>
*
* @param group
* The index of a capturing group in this matcher's pattern
*
* @return The index of the first character captured by the group,
* or {@code -1} if the match was successful but the group
* itself did not match anything
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
* If there is no capturing group in the pattern
* with the given index
*/
int start(int group);
/**
* Returns the start index of the subsequence captured by the given
* <a href="Pattern.html#groupname">named-capturing group</a> during the
* previous match operation.
*
* @param name
* The name of a named-capturing group in this matcher's pattern
*
* @return The index of the first character captured by the group,
* or {@code -1} if the match was successful but the group
* itself did not match anything
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* If there is no capturing group in the pattern
* with the given name
*
* @implSpec
* The default implementation of this method invokes {@link #namedGroups()}
* to obtain the group number from the {@code name} argument, and uses it
* as argument to an invocation of {@link #start(int)}.
*
* @since 20
*/
default int start(String name) {
return start(groupNumber(name));
}
/**
* Returns the offset after the last character matched.
*
* @return The offset after the last character matched
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*/
int end();
/**
* Returns the offset after the last character of the subsequence
* captured by the given group during this match.
*
* <p> <a href="Pattern.html#cg">Capturing groups</a> are indexed from left
* to right, starting at one. Group zero denotes the entire pattern, so
* the expression <i>m.</i>{@code end(0)} is equivalent to
* <i>m.</i>{@code end()}. </p>
*
* @param group
* The index of a capturing group in this matcher's pattern
*
* @return The offset after the last character captured by the group,
* or {@code -1} if the match was successful
* but the group itself did not match anything
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
* If there is no capturing group in the pattern
* with the given index
*/
int end(int group);
/**
* Returns the offset after the last character of the subsequence
* captured by the given <a href="Pattern.html#groupname">named-capturing
* group</a> during the previous match operation.
*
* @param name
* The name of a named-capturing group in this matcher's pattern
*
* @return The offset after the last character captured by the group,
* or {@code -1} if the match was successful
* but the group itself did not match anything
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* If there is no capturing group in the pattern
* with the given name
*
* @implSpec
* The default implementation of this method invokes {@link #namedGroups()}
* to obtain the group number from the {@code name} argument, and uses it
* as argument to an invocation of {@link #end(int)}.
*
* @since 20
*/
default int end(String name) {
return end(groupNumber(name));
}
/**
* Returns the input subsequence matched by the previous match.
*
* <p> For a matcher <i>m</i> with input sequence <i>s</i>,
* the expressions <i>m.</i>{@code group()} and
* <i>s.</i>{@code substring(}<i>m.</i>{@code start(),}&nbsp;<i>m.</i>{@code end())}
* are equivalent. </p>
*
* <p> Note that some patterns, for example {@code a*}, match the empty
* string. This method will return the empty string when the pattern
* successfully matches the empty string in the input. </p>
*
* @return The (possibly empty) subsequence matched by the previous match,
* in string form
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*/
String group();
/**
* Returns the input subsequence captured by the given group during the
* previous match operation.
*
* <p> For a matcher <i>m</i>, input sequence <i>s</i>, and group index
* <i>g</i>, the expressions <i>m.</i>{@code group(}<i>g</i>{@code )} and
* <i>s.</i>{@code substring(}<i>m.</i>{@code start(}<i>g</i>{@code
* ),}&nbsp;<i>m.</i>{@code end(}<i>g</i>{@code ))}
* are equivalent. </p>
*
* <p> <a href="Pattern.html#cg">Capturing groups</a> are indexed from left
* to right, starting at one. Group zero denotes the entire pattern, so
* the expression {@code m.group(0)} is equivalent to {@code m.group()}.
* </p>
*
* <p> If the match was successful but the group specified failed to match
* any part of the input sequence, then {@code null} is returned. Note
* that some groups, for example {@code (a*)}, match the empty string.
* This method will return the empty string when such a group successfully
* matches the empty string in the input. </p>
*
* @param group
* The index of a capturing group in this matcher's pattern
*
* @return The (possibly empty) subsequence captured by the group
* during the previous match, or {@code null} if the group
* failed to match part of the input
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
* If there is no capturing group in the pattern
* with the given index
*/
String group(int group);
/**
* Returns the input subsequence captured by the given
* <a href="Pattern.html#groupname">named-capturing group</a> during the
* previous match operation.
*
* <p> If the match was successful but the group specified failed to match
* any part of the input sequence, then {@code null} is returned. Note
* that some groups, for example {@code (a*)}, match the empty string.
* This method will return the empty string when such a group successfully
* matches the empty string in the input. </p>
*
* @param name
* The name of a named-capturing group in this matcher's pattern
*
* @return The (possibly empty) subsequence captured by the named group
* during the previous match, or {@code null} if the group
* failed to match part of the input
*
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If no match has yet been attempted,
* or if the previous match operation failed
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* If there is no capturing group in the pattern
* with the given name
*
* @implSpec
* The default implementation of this method invokes {@link #namedGroups()}
* to obtain the group number from the {@code name} argument, and uses it
* as argument to an invocation of {@link #group(int)}.
*
* @since 20
*/
default String group(String name) {
return group(groupNumber(name));
}
/**
* Returns the number of capturing groups in this match result's pattern.
*
* <p> Group zero denotes the entire pattern by convention. It is not
* included in this count.
*
* <p> Any non-negative integer smaller than or equal to the value
* returned by this method is guaranteed to be a valid group index for
* this matcher. </p>
*
* @return The number of capturing groups in this matcher's pattern
*/
int groupCount();
/**
* Returns an unmodifiable map from capturing group names to group numbers.
* If there are no named groups, returns an empty map.
*
* @return an unmodifiable map from capturing group names to group numbers
*
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the implementation does not
* support named groups.
*
* @implSpec The default implementation of this method always throws
* {@link UnsupportedOperationException}
*
* @apiNote
* This method must be overridden by an implementation that supports
* named groups.
*
* @since 20
*/
default Map<String,Integer> namedGroups() {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("namedGroups()");
}
private int groupNumber(String name) {
Objects.requireNonNull(name, "Group name");
Integer number = namedGroups().get(name);
if (number != null) {
return number;
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException("No group with name <" + name + ">");
}
/**
* Returns whether {@code this} contains a valid match from
* a previous match or find operation.
*
* @return whether {@code this} contains a valid match
*
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the implementation cannot report
* whether it has a match
*
* @implSpec The default implementation of this method always throws
* {@link UnsupportedOperationException}
*
* @since 20
*/
default boolean hasMatch() {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("hasMatch()");
}
}