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| StringLike | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | package // | |
| 2 | // This software is now distributed according to | |
| 3 | // the Lesser Gnu Public License. Please see | |
| 4 | // http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt for | |
| 5 | // the details. | |
| 6 | // -- Happy Computing! | |
| 7 | // | |
| 8 | com.stevesoft.pat; | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | /** | |
| 11 | * Package pat can search anything that implements this interface. Package pat | |
| 12 | * assumes the following: | |
| 13 | * <ul> | |
| 14 | * <li>The StringLike object will not change. Calls to charAt(int) will not vary | |
| 15 | * with time. | |
| 16 | * <li>The length of the object being searched is known before the search begins | |
| 17 | * and does not vary with time. | |
| 18 | * </ul> | |
| 19 | * Note that searching String is probably faster than searching other objects, | |
| 20 | * so searching String is still preferred if possible. | |
| 21 | */ | |
| 22 | public interface StringLike | |
| 23 | { | |
| 24 | public char charAt(int i); | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | public String toString(); | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | public int length(); | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | public String substring(int i1, int i2); | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | /** | |
| 33 | * Obtain the underlying object, be it a String, char[], RandomAccessFile, | |
| 34 | * whatever. | |
| 35 | */ | |
| 36 | public Object unwrap(); | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | /** | |
| 39 | * By default, the result is put in a String or char[] when a replace is done. | |
| 40 | * If you wish to save the result in some other StringBufferLike then you can | |
| 41 | * do this by implementing this method, or over-riding it's behavior from an | |
| 42 | * existing class. | |
| 43 | */ | |
| 44 | public BasicStringBufferLike newStringBufferLike(); | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | public int indexOf(char c); | |
| 47 | } |