org.unix4j.unix.grep

Interface LineMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

FixedStringMatcher, FixedStringMatcher.IgnoreCase, FixedStringMatcher.Standard, FixedStringMatcher.WholeLine, FixedStringMatcher.WholeLineIgnoreCase, InvertedMatcher, RegexpMatcher

interface LineMatcher

Returns true if a line matches a certain matching criterion. Different implementations exist for the different grep options.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	matches(Line line) Returns true if the given line matches, and false otherwise.

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(Line line)

Returns true if the given line matches, and false otherwise.

Parameters:

line - the line to test

Returns:

true if the line matches