org.jasig.services.persondir.util

Class PatternHelper

java.lang.Object

org.jasig.services.persondir.util.PatternHelper

public class PatternHelper
extends Object

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Eric Dalquist

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PatternHelper()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Pattern	compilePattern(String queryString) Converts a String using the IPersonAttributeDao.WILDCARD into a valid regular expression Pattern with the IPersonAttributeDao.WILDCARD replaced by .* and the rest of the string escaped using Pattern.quote(String)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PatternHelper

public PatternHelper()

Method Detail

compilePattern

public static Pattern compilePattern(String queryString)

Converts a String using the IPersonAttributeDao.WILDCARD into a valid regular expression Pattern with the IPersonAttributeDao.WILDCARD replaced by .* and the rest of the string escaped using Pattern.quote(String)

Parameters:

queryString - query String

Returns:

compiled Pattern