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gnu.regexp
Class REMatchEnumeration

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--gnu.regexp.REMatchEnumeration

public class REMatchEnumeration
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Enumeration

An REMatchEnumeration enumerates regular expression matches over a given input text. You obtain a reference to an enumeration using the getMatchEnumeration() methods on an instance of RE.

REMatchEnumeration does lazy computation; that is, it will not search for a match until it needs to. If you'd rather just get all the matches at once in a big array, use the getAllMatches() methods on RE. However, using an enumeration can help speed performance when the entire text does not need to be searched immediately.

The enumerated type is especially useful when searching on an InputStream, because the InputStream read position cannot be guaranteed after calling getMatch() (see the description of that method for an explanation of why). Enumeration also saves a lot of overhead required when calling getMatch() multiple times.

Version:: 1.0.3
Author:: Wes Biggs

Method Summary
`boolean`	`hasMoreElements()` Returns true if there are more matches in the input text.
`boolean`	`hasMoreMatches()` Returns true if there are more matches in the input text.
`java.lang.Object`	`nextElement()` Returns the next match in the input text.
`REMatch`	`nextMatch()` Returns the next match in the input text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

hasMoreElements

public boolean hasMoreElements()

Returns true if there are more matches in the input text.

Specified by:: hasMoreElements in interface java.util.Enumeration

hasMoreMatches

public boolean hasMoreMatches()