/*license*\
XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com)
This software is dual-licensed under the:
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\*license*/
package com.github.xbn.examples.regexutil.non_xbn.basic;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
<p>Check a string only contains letters, digits, and spaces.</p>
<p>{@code java com.github.xbn.examples.regexutil.non_xbn.basic.MatchOnlyLettersDigitsSpaces}</p>
* @since 0.1.0
* @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a>
**/
public class MatchOnlyLettersDigitsSpaces {
private static Matcher mLetterDigitPhrase = Pattern.compile("" +
"^" + //Line start
"[A-Za-z\\d]" + //1 Letter or digit
"[A-Za-z\\d ]*" + //0-or-more Letters, digits or spaces
"[A-Za-z\\d]" + //1 Letter or digit
"$" //Line end
).matcher("");
public static final void main(String[] ignored) {
test("the man is a");
test("the man is a dog");
test("@#$# BAD");
}
private static final void test(String to_test) {
mLetterDigitPhrase.reset(to_test);
if(mLetterDigitPhrase.matches()) {
System.out.println("\"" + to_test + "\" is good.");
} else {
System.out.println("\"" + to_test + "\" is bad.");
}
}
}