Class SearchEngine

java.lang.Object
org.fife.ui.rtextarea.SearchEngine
public final class SearchEngine extends Object
A singleton class that can perform advanced find/replace operations in an RTextArea. Simply create a SearchContext and call one of the following methods:
Version:
1.0
Author:
Robert Futrell
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  • Method Details

    • find

      public static SearchResult find(JTextArea textArea, SearchContext context)
      Finds the next instance of the string/regular expression specified from the caret position. If a match is found, it is selected in this text area.
      Parameters:
      textArea - The text area in which to search.
      context - What to search for and all search options.
      Returns:
      The result of the operation.
      Throws:
      PatternSyntaxException - If this is a regular expression search but the search text is an invalid regular expression.
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    • getNextMatchPos

      public static int getNextMatchPos(String searchFor, String searchIn, boolean forward, boolean matchCase, boolean wholeWord)
      Searches searchIn for an occurrence of searchFor either forwards or backwards, matching case or not.

      Most clients will have no need to call this method directly.

      Parameters:
      searchFor - The string to look for.
      searchIn - The string to search in.
      forward - Whether to search forward or backward in searchIn.
      matchCase - If true, do a case-sensitive search for searchFor.
      wholeWord - If true, searchFor occurrences embedded in longer words in searchIn don't count as matches.
      Returns:
      The starting position of a match, or -1 if no match was found.

    • getReplacementText

      public static String getReplacementText(Matcher m, CharSequence template)
      Called internally by getMatches(). This method assumes that the specified matcher has just found a match, and that you want to get the string with which to replace that match.

      Escapes simply insert the escaped character, except for \n and \t, which insert a newline and tab respectively. Substrings of the form $\d+ are considered to be matched groups. To include a literal dollar sign in your template, escape it (i.e. \$).

      Most clients will have no need to call this method directly.

      Parameters:
      m - The matcher.
      template - The template for the replacement string. For example, "foo" would yield the replacement string "foo", while "$1 is the greatest" would yield different values depending on the value of the first captured group in the match.
      Returns:
      The string to replace the match with.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - If template references an invalid group (less than zero or greater than the number of groups matched).

    • markAll

      public static SearchResult markAll(RTextArea textArea, SearchContext context)
      Marks all instances of the specified text in this text area. This method is typically only called directly in response to search events of type SearchEvent.Type.MARK_ALL. "Mark all" behavior is automatically performed when find(JTextArea, SearchContext) or replace(RTextArea, SearchContext) is called.
      Parameters:
      textArea - The text area in which to mark occurrences.
      context - The search context specifying the text to search for. It is assumed that context.getMarkAll() has already been checked and returns true.
      Returns:
      The results of the operation.

    • replace

      public static SearchResult replace(RTextArea textArea, SearchContext context)
      Finds the next instance of the text/regular expression specified from the caret position. If a match is found, it is replaced with the specified replacement string.
      Parameters:
      textArea - The text area in which to search.
      context - What to search for and all search options.
      Returns:
      The result of the operation.
      Throws:
      PatternSyntaxException - If this is a regular expression search but the search text is an invalid regular expression.
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - If this is a regular expression search but the replacement text references an invalid group (less than zero or greater than the number of groups matched).
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    • replaceAll

      public static SearchResult replaceAll(RTextArea textArea, SearchContext context)
      Replaces all instances of the text/regular expression specified in the specified document with the specified replacement.
      Parameters:
      textArea - The text area in which to search.
      context - What to search for and all search options.
      Returns:
      The result of the operation.
      Throws:
      PatternSyntaxException - If this is a regular expression search but the replacement text is an invalid regular expression.
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - If this is a regular expression search but the replacement text references an invalid group (less than zero or greater than the number of groups matched).
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