/*
* This file is part of "SnipSnap Radeox Rendering Engine".
*
* Copyright (c) 2002 Stephan J. Schmidt, Matthias L. Jugel
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*
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package org.radeox.regex;
/*
* The result when a Matcher object finds matches in some input @author stephan
* @team sonicteam
*
* @version $Id: MatchResult.java 7756 2006-04-13 12:25:49Z ian@caret.cam.ac.uk $
*/
public abstract class MatchResult
{
/**
* Create a new MatchResult depending on the used implementation
*
* @param matcher
* Matcher object of the implementation
* @return MatchResult for the Matcher
*/
public static MatchResult create(Matcher matcher)
{
return new JdkMatchResult(matcher);
}
/**
* Returns the number of groups (...) found
*
* @return Number of found groups
*/
public abstract int groups();
/**
* Return the content of group with the index i
*
* @param i
* index for the group
* @return Content of the group with the index i
*/
public abstract String group(int i);
/**
* The offset of the beginning of the match for the group with the index i
*
* @param i
* index for the group
* @return Offset of the group
*/
public abstract int beginOffset(int i);
/**
* The offset of the end of the match for the group with the index i
*
* @param i
* index for the group
* @return Offset of the group
*/
public abstract int endOffset(int i);
}