Java Regex Create toRegex(String name)

Description

Computes the regular expression corresponding to a package or class name, by escaping dots.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	A string.

Exception

Parameter	Description
NullPointerException	if the specified name is null.

Return

The specified string, with '.' replaced with "\.".

Declaration

public static String toRegex(String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w  ww  .  ja va 2 s  . c  om*/
 * Copyright 2015-2016 Jeff Hain
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

public class Main {
    private static final String STRING_DOT = ".";
    private static final String REGEX_DOT = "\\.";

    /**
     * Computes the regular expression corresponding to a package or class name,
     * by escaping dots.
     * 
     * @param name A string.
     * @return The specified string, with '.' replaced with "\.".
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name is null.
     */
    public static String toRegex(String name) {
        // Implicit null check.
        return name.replace(STRING_DOT, REGEX_DOT);
    }
}

Related

1. toRegex(String includes)
2. toRegEx(String input)
3. toRegex(String param)
4. toRegex(String wildcard)
5. toRegExFormat(String pattern)
6. toRegexPattern(String filter)