com.mindprod.common15

Class StringSearch

java.lang.Object

com.mindprod.common15.StringSearch

public class StringSearch
extends java.lang.Object

Methods for searching strings for multiple targets. Especially useful for screenscraping.

to seach for "apple", "pear" or "cherry" all in one go. Methods use ... notation only available in JDK 1.5+.

Since:

2005-01-01

Version:

1.0 2005-01-01 initial version

Author:

Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringSearch()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	indexOf(java.lang.String s, int base, java.lang.String... targets) find first of a number of possible targets.
static int	indexOf(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String... targets) find first of a number of possible targets.
static int	indexOfEnd(java.lang.String s, int base, java.lang.String... targets) find first of a number of possible targets
static int	indexOfEnd(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String... targets) find first of a number of possible targets
static int	lastIndexOf(java.lang.String s, int base, java.lang.String... targets) find last of a number of possible targets, one closest to the end
static int	lastIndexOf(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String... targets) find last of a number of possible targets, one closest to the end
static int	lastIndexOfEnd(java.lang.String s, int base, java.lang.String... targets) find last of a number of possible targets, one closest to the end
static int	lastIndexOfEnd(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String... targets) find last of a number of possible targets, one closest to the end

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringSearch

public StringSearch()

Method Detail

indexOf

public static int indexOf(java.lang.String s,
          java.lang.String... targets)

find first of a number of possible targets.

Parameters:

s - String to search in

targets - multiple targets to search for

Returns:

index of the first matching target, -1 if none of the targets match.

indexOf

public static int indexOf(java.lang.String s,
          int base,
          java.lang.String... targets)

find first of a number of possible targets.

Parameters:

s - String to search in

base - offset where to start looking

targets - multiple targets to search for

Returns:

index of the first matching target, -1 if none of the targets match.

indexOfEnd

public static int indexOfEnd(java.lang.String s,
             java.lang.String... targets)

find first of a number of possible targets

Parameters:

s - String to search in

targets - multiple targets to search for

Returns:

index of char one past the end of the first matching target, -1 if none of the targets match.

indexOfEnd

public static int indexOfEnd(java.lang.String s,
             int base,
             java.lang.String... targets)

find first of a number of possible targets

Parameters:

s - String to search in

base - offset where to start looking

targets - multiple targets to search for

Returns:

index of char one past the end of the first matching target, -1 if none of the targets match.

lastIndexOf

public static int lastIndexOf(java.lang.String s,
              java.lang.String... targets)

find last of a number of possible targets, one closest to the end

Parameters:

s - String to search in

targets - multiple targets to search for

Returns:

index of the first matching target, -1 if none of the targets match.

lastIndexOf

public static int lastIndexOf(java.lang.String s,
              int base,
              java.lang.String... targets)

find last of a number of possible targets, one closest to the end

Parameters:

s - String to search in

base - offset where to start looking

targets - multiple targets to search for

Returns:

index of the first matching target, -1 if none of the targets match.

lastIndexOfEnd

public static int lastIndexOfEnd(java.lang.String s,
                 java.lang.String... targets)

find last of a number of possible targets, one closest to the end

Parameters:

s - String to search in

targets - multiple targets to search for

Returns:

index of the char one past the matching target that starts closest to the end, -1 if none of the targets match.

lastIndexOfEnd

public static int lastIndexOfEnd(java.lang.String s,
                 int base,
                 java.lang.String... targets)

find last of a number of possible targets, one closest to the end

Parameters:

s - String to search in

base - offset where to start looking

targets - multiple targets to search for

Returns:

index of the char one past the matching target that starts closest to the end, -1 if none of the targets match.