EagerRegexTester.java

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package org.apereo.portal.groups.pags.testers;

import org.apereo.portal.groups.pags.dao.IPersonAttributesGroupTestDefinition;

/**
 * A tester for matching multiple values of an attribute against a regular expression. The match
 * function attempts to find the next subsequence of the attribute that matches the pattern.
 *
 * <p>For example, if the pattern is specified as "<strong><code>^02([A-D])*</code></strong>":
 * <code>
 * <table border='2' width='100%'>
 *  <tr>
 *    <td><strong>Input</strong></td><td><strong>Matches</strong></td>
 *  </tr>
 *  <tr>
 *    <td>02A</td><td>Yes</td>
 *  </tr>
 *  <tr>
 *    <td>02ABCD</td><td>Yes</td>
 *  </tr>
 *  <tr>
 *    <td>A02D</td><td>No</td>
 *  </tr>
 *  <tr>
 *    <td>02</td><td>Yes</td>
 *  </tr>
 *  <tr>
 *    <td>02MisMatch</td><td>Yes</td>
 *  </tr>
 *  <tr>
 *    <td>PatternWillNeverMatch</td><td>No</td>
 *  </tr>
 * </table>
 * </code>
 *
 * @see RegexTester
 */
public class EagerRegexTester extends RegexTester {

    /** @since 4.3 */
    public EagerRegexTester(IPersonAttributesGroupTestDefinition definition) {
        super(definition);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean test(String att) {
        return pattern.matcher(att).find();
    }
}