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+++ b/Source/cmRegularExpression.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
See COPYRIGHT.txt for copyright details.
=========================================================================*/
-/// Original Copyright notice:
+// Original Copyright notice:
// Copyright (C) 1991 Texas Instruments Incorporated.
//
// Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use, copy, modify,
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
// Texas Instruments Incorporated provides this software "as is" without
// express or implied warranty.
//
-// .LIBRARY vbl
-// .HEADER Basics Package
-// .INCLUDE cmRegularExpression.h
-// .FILE cmRegularExpression.cxx
+// Created: MNF 06/13/89 Initial Design and Implementation
+// Updated: LGO 08/09/89 Inherit from Generic
+// Updated: MBN 09/07/89 Added conditional exception handling
+// Updated: MBN 12/15/89 Sprinkled "const" qualifiers all over the place!
+// Updated: DLS 03/22/91 New lite version
//
+
#ifndef cmRegularExpression_h
#define cmRegularExpression_h
@@ -36,83 +38,225 @@
const int NSUBEXP = 10;
-//: Pattern matching with regular expressions
-// A regular expression allows a programmer to specify complex
-// patterns that can be searched for and matched against the
-// character string of a string object. In its simplest form, a
-// regular expression is a sequence of characters used to
-// search for exact character matches. However, many times the
-// exact sequence to be found is not known, or only a match at
-// the beginning or end of a string is desired. The vbl regu-
-// lar expression class implements regular expression pattern
-// matching as is found and implemented in many UNIX commands
-// and utilities.
-//
-// Example: The perl code
-//
-// $filename =~ m"([a-z]+)\.cc";
-// print $1;
-//
-// Is written as follows in C++
-//
-// vbl_reg_exp re("([a-z]+)\\.cc");
-// re.find(filename);
-// cerr << re.match(1);
-//
-//
-// The regular expression class provides a convenient mechanism
-// for specifying and manipulating regular expressions. The
-// regular expression object allows specification of such pat-
-// terns by using the following regular expression metacharac-
-// ters:
-//
-// ^ Matches at beginning of a line
-//
-// $ Matches at end of a line
-//
-// . Matches any single character
-//
-// [ ] Matches any character(s) inside the brackets
-//
-// [^ ] Matches any character(s) not inside the brackets
-//
-// - Matches any character in range on either side of a dash
-//
-// * Matches preceding pattern zero or more times
-//
-// + Matches preceding pattern one or more times
-//
-// ? Matches preceding pattern zero or once only
-//
-// () Saves a matched expression and uses it in a later match
-//
-// Note that more than one of these metacharacters can be used
-// in a single regular expression in order to create complex
-// search patterns. For example, the pattern [^ab1-9] says to
-// match any character sequence that does not begin with the
-// characters "ab" followed by numbers in the series one
-// through nine.
-//
-class cmRegularExpression {
+/** \class cmRegularExpression
+ * \brief Implements pattern matching with regular expressions.
+ *
+ * This is the header file for the regular expression class. An object of
+ * this class contains a regular expression, in a special "compiled" format.
+ * This compiled format consists of several slots all kept as the objects
+ * private data. The cmRegularExpression class provides a convenient way to
+ * represent regular expressions. It makes it easy to search for the same
+ * regular expression in many different strings without having to compile a
+ * string to regular expression format more than necessary.
+ *
+ * This class implements pattern matching via regular expressions.
+ * A regular expression allows a programmer to specify complex
+ * patterns that can be searched for and matched against the
+ * character string of a string object. In its simplest form, a
+ * regular expression is a sequence of characters used to
+ * search for exact character matches. However, many times the
+ * exact sequence to be found is not known, or only a match at
+ * the beginning or end of a string is desired. The vbl regu-
+ * lar expression class implements regular expression pattern
+ * matching as is found and implemented in many UNIX commands
+ * and utilities.
+ *
+ * Example: The perl code
+ *
+ * $filename =~ m"([a-z]+)\.cc";
+ * print $1;
+ *
+ * Is written as follows in C++
+ *
+ * vbl_reg_exp re("([a-z]+)\\.cc");
+ * re.find(filename);
+ * cerr << re.match(1);
+ *
+ *
+ * The regular expression class provides a convenient mechanism
+ * for specifying and manipulating regular expressions. The
+ * regular expression object allows specification of such pat-
+ * terns by using the following regular expression metacharac-
+ * ters:
+ *
+ * ^ Matches at beginning of a line
+ *
+ * $ Matches at end of a line
+ *
+ * . Matches any single character
+ *
+ * [ ] Matches any character(s) inside the brackets
+ *
+ * [^ ] Matches any character(s) not inside the brackets
+ *
+ * - Matches any character in range on either side of a dash
+ *
+ * * Matches preceding pattern zero or more times
+ *
+ * + Matches preceding pattern one or more times
+ *
+ * ? Matches preceding pattern zero or once only
+ *
+ * () Saves a matched expression and uses it in a later match
+ *
+ * Note that more than one of these metacharacters can be used
+ * in a single regular expression in order to create complex
+ * search patterns. For example, the pattern [^ab1-9] says to
+ * match any character sequence that does not begin with the
+ * characters "ab" followed by numbers in the series one
+ * through nine.
+ *
+ * There are three constructors for cmRegularExpression. One just creates an
+ * empty cmRegularExpression object. Another creates a cmRegularExpression
+ * object and initializes it with a regular expression that is given in the
+ * form of a char*. The third takes a reference to a cmRegularExpression
+ * object as an argument and creates an object initialized with the
+ * information from the given cmRegularExpression object.
+ *
+ * The find member function finds the first occurence of the regualr
+ * expression of that object in the string given to find as an argument. Find
+ * returns a boolean, and if true, mutates the private data appropriately.
+ * Find sets pointers to the beginning and end of the thing last found, they
+ * are pointers into the actual string that was searched. The start and end
+ * member functions return indicies into the searched string that correspond
+ * to the beginning and end pointers respectively. The compile member
+ * function takes a char* and puts the compiled version of the char* argument
+ * into the object's private data fields. The == and != operators only check
+ * the to see if the compiled regular expression is the same, and the
+ * deep_equal functions also checks to see if the start and end pointers are
+ * the same. The is_valid function returns false if program is set to NULL,
+ * (i.e. there is no valid compiled exression). The set_invalid function sets
+ * the program to NULL (Warning: this deletes the compiled expression). The
+ * following examples may help clarify regular expression usage:
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "^hello" matches a "hello" only at the
+ * beginning of a line. It would match "hello there" but not "hi,
+ * hello there".
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "long$" matches a "long" only at the end
+ * of a line. It would match "so long\0", but not "long ago".
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "t..t..g" will match anything that has a
+ * "t" then any two characters, another "t", any two characters and
+ * then a "g". It will match "testing", or "test again" but would
+ * not match "toasting"
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "[1-9ab]" matches any number one through
+ * nine, and the characters "a" and "b". It would match "hello 1"
+ * or "begin", but would not match "no-match".
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "[^1-9ab]" matches any character that is
+ * not a number one through nine, or an "a" or "b". It would NOT
+ * match "hello 1" or "begin", but would match "no-match".
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "br* " matches something that begins with
+ * a "b", is followed by zero or more "r"s, and ends in a space. It
+ * would match "brrrrr ", and "b ", but would not match "brrh ".
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "br+ " matches something that begins with
+ * a "b", is followed by one or more "r"s, and ends in a space. It
+ * would match "brrrrr ", and "br ", but would not match "b " or
+ * "brrh ".
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "br? " matches something that begins with
+ * a "b", is followed by zero or one "r"s, and ends in a space. It
+ * would match "br ", and "b ", but would not match "brrrr " or
+ * "brrh ".
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "(..p)b" matches something ending with pb
+ * and beginning with whatever the two characters before the first p
+ * encounterd in the line were. It would find "repb" in "rep drepa
+ * qrepb". The regular expression "(..p)a" would find "repa qrepb"
+ * in "rep drepa qrepb"
+ *
+ * * The regular expression "d(..p)" matches something ending with p,
+ * beginning with d, and having two characters in between that are
+ * the same as the two characters before the first p encounterd in
+ * the line. It would match "drepa qrepb" in "rep drepa qrepb".
+ *
+ */
+class cmRegularExpression
+{
public:
- inline cmRegularExpression (); // cmRegularExpression with program=NULL
- inline cmRegularExpression (char const*); // cmRegularExpression with compiled char*
- cmRegularExpression (cmRegularExpression const&); // Copy constructor
- inline ~cmRegularExpression(); // Destructor
-
- void compile (char const*); // Compiles char* --> regexp
- bool find (char const*); // true if regexp in char* arg
- bool find (std::string const&); // true if regexp in char* arg
- inline long start() const; // Index to start of first find
- inline long end() const; // Index to end of first find
-
- bool operator== (cmRegularExpression const&) const; // Equality operator
- inline bool operator!= (cmRegularExpression const&) const; // Inequality operator
- bool deep_equal (cmRegularExpression const&) const; // Same regexp and state?
+ /**
+ * Instantiate cmRegularExpression with program=NULL.
+ */
+ inline cmRegularExpression ();
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiate cmRegularExpression with compiled char*.
+ */
+ inline cmRegularExpression (char const*);
- inline bool is_valid() const; // true if compiled regexp
- inline void set_invalid(); // Invalidates regexp
-
+ /**
+ * Instantiate cmRegularExpression as a copy of another regular expression.
+ */
+ cmRegularExpression (cmRegularExpression const&);
+
+ /**
+ * Destructor.
+ */
+ inline ~cmRegularExpression();
+
+ /**
+ * Compile a regular expression into internal code
+ * for later pattern matching.
+ */
+ void compile (char const*);
+
+ /**
+ * Matches the regular expression to the given string.
+ * Returns true if found, and sets start and end indexes accordingly.
+ */
+ bool find (char const*);
+
+ /**
+ * Matches the regular expression to the given std string.
+ * Returns true if found, and sets start and end indexes accordingly.
+ */
+ bool find (std::string const&);
+
+ /**
+ * Index to start of first find.
+ */
+ inline long start() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Index to end of first find.
+ */
+ inline long end() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns true if two regular expressions have the same
+ * compiled program for pattern matching.
+ */
+ bool operator== (cmRegularExpression const&) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns true if two regular expressions have different
+ * compiled program for pattern matching.
+ */
+ inline bool operator!= (cmRegularExpression const&) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns true if have the same compiled regular expressions
+ * and the same start and end pointers.
+ */
+ bool deep_equal (cmRegularExpression const&) const;
+
+ /**
+ * True if the compiled regexp is valid.
+ */
+ inline bool is_valid() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Marks the regular expression as invalid.
+ */
+ inline void set_invalid();
+
+ /**
+ * Destructor.
+ */
// awf added
int start(int n) const;
int end(int n) const;
@@ -130,82 +274,98 @@ private:
const char* searchstring;
};
-// cmRegularExpression -- Creates an empty regular expression.
-
-inline cmRegularExpression::cmRegularExpression () {
+/**
+ * Create an empty regular expression.
+ */
+inline cmRegularExpression::cmRegularExpression ()
+{
this->program = NULL;
}
-
-// cmRegularExpression -- Creates a regular expression from string s, and
-// compiles s.
-
-
-inline cmRegularExpression::cmRegularExpression (const char* s) {
+/**
+ * Creates a regular expression from string s, and
+ * compiles s.
+ */
+inline cmRegularExpression::cmRegularExpression (const char* s)
+{
this->program = NULL;
compile(s);
}
-// ~cmRegularExpression -- Frees space allocated for regular expression.
-
-inline cmRegularExpression::~cmRegularExpression () {
+/**
+ * Destroys and frees space allocated for the regular expression.
+ */
+inline cmRegularExpression::~cmRegularExpression ()
+{
//#ifndef WIN32
delete [] this->program;
//#endif
}
-// Start --
-
-inline long cmRegularExpression::start () const {
+/**
+ * Set the start position for the regular expression.
+ */
+inline long cmRegularExpression::start () const
+{
return(this->startp[0] - searchstring);
}
-// End -- Returns the start/end index of the last item found.
-
-
-inline long cmRegularExpression::end () const {
+/**
+ * Returns the start/end index of the last item found.
+ */
+inline long cmRegularExpression::end () const
+{
return(this->endp[0] - searchstring);
}
-
-// operator!= //
-
-inline bool cmRegularExpression::operator!= (const cmRegularExpression& r) const {
+/**
+ * Returns true if two regular expressions have different
+ * compiled program for pattern matching.
+ */
+inline bool cmRegularExpression::operator!= (const cmRegularExpression& r) const
+{
return(!(*this == r));
}
-
-// is_valid -- Returns true if a valid regular expression is compiled
-// and ready for pattern matching.
-
-inline bool cmRegularExpression::is_valid () const {
+/**
+ * Returns true if a valid regular expression is compiled
+ * and ready for pattern matching.
+ */
+inline bool cmRegularExpression::is_valid () const
+{
return (this->program != NULL);
}
-// set_invalid -- Invalidates regular expression.
-
-inline void cmRegularExpression::set_invalid () {
+inline void cmRegularExpression::set_invalid ()
+{
//#ifndef WIN32
delete [] this->program;
//#endif
this->program = NULL;
}
-// -- Return start index of nth submatch. start(0) is the start of the full match.
+/**
+ * Return start index of nth submatch. start(0) is the start of the full match.
+ */
inline int cmRegularExpression::start(int n) const
{
return this->startp[n] - searchstring;
}
-// -- Return end index of nth submatch. end(0) is the end of the full match.
+
+/**
+ * Return end index of nth submatch. end(0) is the end of the full match.
+ */
inline int cmRegularExpression::end(int n) const
{
return this->endp[n] - searchstring;
}
-// -- Return nth submatch as a string.
+/**
+ * Return nth submatch as a string.
+ */
inline std::string cmRegularExpression::match(int n) const
{
return std::string(this->startp[n], this->endp[n] - this->startp[n]);