diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'libjava/classpath/java/util/regex/Matcher.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/classpath/java/util/regex/Matcher.java | 24 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/java/util/regex/Matcher.java b/libjava/classpath/java/util/regex/Matcher.java index 8d033d5e316..95a35535935 100644 --- a/libjava/classpath/java/util/regex/Matcher.java +++ b/libjava/classpath/java/util/regex/Matcher.java @@ -103,6 +103,28 @@ public final class Matcher implements MatchResult } /** + * Changes the pattern used by the {@link Matcher} to + * the one specified. Existing match information is lost, + * but the input and the matcher's position within it is + * retained. + * + * @param newPattern the new pattern to use. + * @return this matcher. + * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code newPattern} is + * {@code null}. + * @since 1.5 + */ + public Matcher usePattern(Pattern newPattern) + { + if (newPattern == null) + throw new IllegalArgumentException("The new pattern was null."); + pattern = newPattern; + match = null; + + return this; + } + + /** * @param sb The target string buffer * @param replacement The replacement string * @@ -620,7 +642,7 @@ public final class Matcher implements MatchResult * * @param s the string to literalize. * @return the literalized string. - * @since 1.5 + * @since 1.5 */ public static String quoteReplacement(String s) { |
