Package org.biojava.bio.program.tagvalue
Class RegexSplitter
java.lang.Object
org.biojava.bio.program.tagvalue.RegexSplitter
- All Implemented Interfaces:
ChangeTable.Splitter
A ValueChanger.Splitter that splits a line of text using a regular expression, returning one value per match.
A list of values is generated by effectively executing:
matcher = pattern.matcher(value.toString()); while(matcher.find()) { values.add(matcher.group(matchGroup); }
- Since:
- 1.3
- Author:
- Matthew Pocock
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorsConstructorDescriptionRegexSplitter
(Pattern pattern, int matchGroup) Create a new RegexSplitter with a pattern. -
Method Summary
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Constructor Details
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RegexSplitter
Create a new RegexSplitter with a pattern.- Parameters:
pattern
- the Pattern used to split valuesmatchGroup
- the group to pull out - use 0 to pull out the whole match
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Method Details
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split
Description copied from interface:ChangeTable.Splitter
Produce a list of values from an old value.
It is strongly recommended that this method is re-entrant and does not modify the state of the Splitter in a way that would affect future return -values.
- Specified by:
split
in interfaceChangeTable.Splitter
- Parameters:
value
- the old value Object- Returns:
- a List of value Objects produced by splitting the old value Object
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