RegexInputStreamFilter (Norconex Commons Lang 2.1.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.norconex.commons.lang.io.RegexInputStreamFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

IInputStreamFilter
```
public class RegexInputStreamFilter
extends Object
implements IInputStreamFilter
```
Filters lines of text read from an InputStream decorated with FilteredInputStream, based on a given regular expression.

Author:

Pascal Essiembre

See Also:

Pattern

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  RegexInputStreamFilter(String regex)
  Constructor.
  
  RegexInputStreamFilter(Pattern pattern)
  Constructor.
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean accept(String string)
  Whether a line is "accepted" or not.
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - RegexInputStreamFilter
```
public RegexInputStreamFilter(String regex)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    regex - regular expression
  - RegexInputStreamFilter
```
public RegexInputStreamFilter(Pattern pattern)
```
    Constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - regular expression pattern
- Method Detail
  - accept
```
public boolean accept(String string)
```
    Description copied from interface: IInputStreamFilter
    
    Whether a line is "accepted" or not. An accepted line is being returned when read.
    
    Specified by:
    
    accept in interface IInputStreamFilter
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - line being read
    
    Returns:
    
    true if line is accepted