characteriterator.java

jakarta-regexp-1.5 正则表达式的源代码

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package org.apache.regexp;

/**
 * Encapsulates different types of character sources - String, InputStream, ...
 * Defines a set of common methods
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Ales Novak</a>
 * @version CVS $Id: CharacterIterator.java 518156 2007-03-14 14:31:26Z vgritsenko $
 */
public interface CharacterIterator
{
    /** @return a substring */
    String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex);

    /** @return a substring */
    String substring(int beginIndex);

    /** @return a character at the specified position. */
    char charAt(int pos);

    /** @return <tt>true</tt> iff if the specified index is after the end of the character stream */
    boolean isEnd(int pos);
}