StarPathElement

All Superinterfaces:: MatchablePathElement, PathElement

All Known Implementing Classes:: StarAllPathElement, StarDoublePathElement, StarRegexPathElement, StarSinglePathElement

public interface StarPathElement extends MatchablePathElement

Marker interface for PathElements that contain the "*" wildcard. Three subclasses were created for performance reasons.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

boolean

stringMatch(String literal)

Method to see if a candidate key would match this PathElement.

Methods inherited from interface MatchablePathElement
match

Methods inherited from interface PathElement
getCanonicalForm, getRawKey

Method Details
- stringMatch
  
  boolean stringMatch(String literal)
  
  Method to see if a candidate key would match this PathElement.
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the provided literal will match this Element's regex