org.openimaj.hardware.serial

Class RegExParser

java.lang.Object

org.openimaj.hardware.serial.RegExParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

SerialDataParser

public class RegExParser
extends Object
implements SerialDataParser

Takes incoming data from a serial parser and splits it into multiple strings based on a regular expression.

Author:

David Dupplaw (dpd@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Created:

12 Jul 2011

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RegExParser(String regex) Construct a new regex parser

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getLeftOverString() This function must return the data that was left-over from the previous parse, if at all.
String[]	parse(String data) Called to parse the raw data into tokens or sentences.
void	setRegEx(String regex) Set the regular expression to use.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegExParser

public RegExParser(String regex)

Construct a new regex parser

Parameters:

regex -

Method Detail

parse

public String[] parse(String data)

Called to parse the raw data into tokens or sentences.

Specified by:

parse in interface SerialDataParser

Parameters:

data - The raw data.

Returns:

A list of tokens/sentences

See Also:

SerialDataParser.parse(java.lang.String)

getLeftOverString

public String getLeftOverString()

This function must return the data that was left-over from the previous parse, if at all. May return null.

Specified by:

getLeftOverString in interface SerialDataParser

Returns:

The left-over parts of the string after parsing.

See Also:

SerialDataParser.getLeftOverString()

setRegEx

public void setRegEx(String regex)

Set the regular expression to use.

Parameters:

regex - The regular expression to use