Wildcard.java

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package org.jevis.commons.dataprocessing.function;

import org.jevis.api.JEVisOption;

/**
 * The Wildcard represents an dynamic placholder in DataProcessor furmulars.
 *
 * @author Florian Simon
 */
public class Wildcard {

    //example  <userselect:'name of var'>
    private static String REGEX = "[<].[a-zA-Z]*[:.]['.][a-zA-Z ]*['.][>.]";
    private JEVisOption option;
    private String type = "";
    private String name = "";

    public Wildcard(JEVisOption option) {
        System.out.println("is wildcard: " + isWildcard(option.getValue()));
        parseWildcard(option.getValue());
    }

    private void parseWildcard(String text) {
        int startIndex = text.indexOf("<");
        int middelIndex = text.indexOf(":");
        int endIndex = text.indexOf(">");

        type = text.substring(startIndex + 1, middelIndex);
        name = text.substring(middelIndex + 1, endIndex).replace("'", "");
        System.out.println("type: " + type);
        System.out.println("name: " + name);

    }

    public static boolean isWildcard(String text) {

        return text.matches(REGEX);
    }

}