net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern
Class PatternGroup

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.Pattern
      net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.PatternList
          net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.PatternGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class PatternGroup
extends PatternList

This class represents a special marked concatenation of pattern elements. This group is used get parts of the matched pattern.

Version:

CVS $Id: PatternGroup.java,v 1.3 2003/12/09 19:55:53 benedikta Exp $

Author:

Stephan Michels

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PatternGroup()
Creates a pattern for a group.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Create a clone of this pattern.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a string representation of this pattern
Violations	validate() Validates this pattern.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.PatternList

addPattern, getPattern, getPatternCount

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.chaperon.model.pattern.Pattern

getLocation, getMaxOccurs, getMinOccurs, setLocation, setMaxOccurs, setMinOccurs

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PatternGroup

public PatternGroup()

Creates a pattern for a group.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a string representation of this pattern

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

String representation of the pattern.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Create a clone of this pattern.

Specified by:

clone in class Pattern

Returns:

Clone of this pattern.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - If an exception occurs during the cloning.

validate

public Violations validate()

Validates this pattern.

Specified by:

validate in class Pattern

Returns:

Return a list of violations, if this pattern isn't valid.