gate.jape
Class ComplexPatternElement

java.lang.Object
  gate.jape.PatternElement
      gate.jape.ComplexPatternElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

JapeConstants, Serializable, Cloneable

public class ComplexPatternElement
extends PatternElement
implements JapeConstants, Serializable

A pattern element enclosed in round brackets. Has a ConstraintGroup, optional Kleene operator and optional binding name.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private String	bindingName Binding name (may be null).
private ConstraintGroup	constraintGroup The recursive definition of what pattern elements make up this one.
private KleeneOperator	kleeneOp Kleene operator (defaults to none).

Fields inherited from class gate.jape.PatternElement

matchHistory

Fields inherited from interface gate.jape.JapeConstants

ALL_STYLE, APPELT_STYLE, BRILL_STYLE, DEFAULT_PRIORITY, FIRST_STYLE, INDENT_PADDING, KLEENE_PLUS, KLEENE_QUERY, KLEENE_STAR, MULTI_SPAN_BINDING, NO_BINDING, NO_KLEENE_OP, ONCE_STYLE, SINGLE_SPAN_BINDING

Constructor Summary

ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup, int minOccurance, int maxOccurance, String bindingName)
Construction from ConstraintGroup, min and max legal occurance limits, and binding name.

ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup, int kleeneOp, String bindingName)
Deprecated. Use ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup, KleeneOperator.Type, String) instead.

ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup, KleeneOperator.Type kleeneType, String bindingName)

ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup, KleeneOperator kleeneOp, String bindingName)

Method Summary

Object	clone() Need cloning for processing of macro references.
void	finish() Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.
String	getBindingName() Get binding name.
ConstraintGroup	getConstraintGroup()
protected Iterator<ComplexPatternElement>	getCPEs() Get a list of CPEs that we contain.
KleeneOperator	getKleeneOp()
String	toString() Create a string representation of the object.
String	toString(String pad) Create a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

kleeneOp

private KleeneOperator kleeneOp

Kleene operator (defaults to none). Other values: KLEENE_STAR (*); KLEENE_PLUS (+); KLEENE_QUERY (?)

bindingName

private String bindingName

Binding name (may be null).

constraintGroup

private ConstraintGroup constraintGroup

The recursive definition of what pattern elements make up this one.

Constructor Detail

ComplexPatternElement

public ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup,
                             int kleeneOp,
                             String bindingName)

Deprecated. Use ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup, KleeneOperator.Type, String) instead.

Construction from ConstraintGroup, Kleene operator type and binding name. Kleene types are defined in JapeConstants.

ComplexPatternElement

public ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup,
                             KleeneOperator.Type kleeneType,
                             String bindingName)

ComplexPatternElement

public ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup,
                             KleeneOperator kleeneOp,
                             String bindingName)

ComplexPatternElement

public ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup,
                             int minOccurance,
                             int maxOccurance,
                             String bindingName)

Construction from ConstraintGroup, min and max legal occurance limits, and binding name.

Method Detail

getBindingName

public String getBindingName()

Get binding name.

getCPEs

protected Iterator<ComplexPatternElement> getCPEs()

Get a list of CPEs that we contain.

clone

public Object clone()

Need cloning for processing of macro references. See comments on PatternElement.clone()

Overrides:

clone in class PatternElement

finish

public void finish()

Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.

Specified by:

finish in class PatternElement

toString

public String toString()

Create a string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toString

public String toString(String pad)

Create a string representation of the object.

Specified by:

toString in class PatternElement

getKleeneOp

public KleeneOperator getKleeneOp()

getConstraintGroup

public ConstraintGroup getConstraintGroup()