net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern
Class PatternGroup

java.lang.Object
  extended bynet.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.Pattern
      extended bynet.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.PatternList
          extended bynet.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.PatternGroup
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class PatternGroup
extends PatternList

This class represents a special marked concatenation of pattern elements. This group is used get parts of the matched pattern.

Version:
CVS $Id: PatternGroup.java,v 1.3 2003/12/09 19:55:53 benedikta Exp $
Author:
Stephan Michels
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
PatternGroup()
          Creates a pattern for a group.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Object clone()
          Create a clone of this pattern.
 java.lang.String toString()
          Return a string representation of this pattern
 Violations validate()
          Validates this pattern.
 
Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.PatternList
addPattern, addPattern, getPattern, getPattern, getPatternCount
 
Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.Pattern
getLocation, getMaxOccurs, getMaxOccursAsString, getMinOccurs, getMinOccursAsString, setLocation, setMaxOccurs, setMaxOccursAsString, setMinOccurs, setMinOccursAsString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

PatternGroup

public PatternGroup()
Creates a pattern for a group.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Return a string representation of this pattern

Returns:
String representation of the pattern.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException
Create a clone of this pattern.

Specified by:
clone in class Pattern
Returns:
Clone of this pattern.
Throws:
java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - If an exception occurs during the cloning.

validate

public Violations validate()
Validates this pattern.

Specified by:
validate in class Pattern
Returns:
Return a list of violations, if this pattern isn't valid.


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