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* This file is part of "SnipSnap Radeox Rendering Engine".
*
* Copyright (c) 2002 Stephan J. Schmidt, Matthias L. Jugel
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package org.radeox.regex;
/*
* Class that compiles regular expressions to patterns @author stephan @team
* sonicteam
*
* @version $Id: Compiler.java 7756 2006-04-13 12:25:49Z ian@caret.cam.ac.uk $
*/
public abstract class Compiler
{
/**
* Create a new Compiler object depending on the used implementation
*
* @return Compiler object with the used implementation
*/
public static Compiler create()
{
return new JdkCompiler();
}
/**
* Whether the compiler should create multiline patterns or single line
* patterns.
*
* @param multiline
* True if the pattern is multiline, otherwise false
*/
public abstract void setMultiline(boolean multiline);
/**
* Compile a String regular expression to a regex pattern
*
* @param regex
* String representation of a regular expression
* @return Compiled regular expression
*/
public abstract Pattern compile(String regex);
}