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package org.apache.commons.net.ftp.parser;

import java.util.regex.MatchResult;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;

import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFileEntryParserImpl;

/**
 * This abstract class implements both the older FTPFileListParser and
 * newer FTPFileEntryParser interfaces with default functionality.
 * All the classes in the parser subpackage inherit from this.
 *
 * This is the base class for all regular expression based FTPFileEntryParser classes
 *
 * @author Steve Cohen <scohen@apache.org>
 */
public abstract class RegexFTPFileEntryParserImpl extends
        FTPFileEntryParserImpl {
    /**
     * internal pattern the matcher tries to match, representing a file
     * entry
     */
    private Pattern pattern = null;

    /**
     * internal match result used by the parser
     */
    private MatchResult result = null;

    /**
     * Internal PatternMatcher object used by the parser.  It has protected
     * scope in case subclasses want to make use of it for their own purposes.
     */
    protected Matcher _matcher_ = null;

    /**
     * The constructor for a RegexFTPFileEntryParserImpl object.
     *
     * @param regex  The regular expression with which this object is
     * initialized.
     *
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException
     * Thrown if the regular expression is unparseable.  Should not be seen in
     * normal conditions.  It it is seen, this is a sign that a subclass has
     * been created with a bad regular expression.   Since the parser must be
     * created before use, this means that any bad parser subclasses created
     * from this will bomb very quickly,  leading to easy detection.
     */

    public RegexFTPFileEntryParserImpl(String regex) {
        super();
        setRegex(regex);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method delegates to the internal MatchResult's matches()
     * method.
     *
     * @param s the String to be matched
     * @return true if s matches this object's regular expression.
     */

    public boolean matches(String s) {
        this.result = null;
        _matcher_ = pattern.matcher(s);
        if (_matcher_.matches()) {
            this.result = _matcher_.toMatchResult();
        }
        return null != this.result;
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method
     *
     * @return the number of groups() in the internal MatchResult.
     */

    public int getGroupCnt() {
        if (this.result == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        return this.result.groupCount();
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method delegates to the internal MatchResult's group()
     * method.
     *
     * @param matchnum match group number to be retrieved
     *
     * @return the content of the <code>matchnum'th</code> group of the internal
     *         match or null if this method is called without a match having
     *         been made.
     */
    public String group(int matchnum) {
        if (this.result == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return this.result.group(matchnum);
    }

    /**
     * For debugging purposes - returns a string shows each match group by
     * number.
     *
     * @return a string shows each match group by number.
     */

    public String getGroupsAsString() {
        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 1; i <= this.result.groupCount(); i++) {
            b.append(i).append(") ").append(this.result.group(i)).append(
                    System.getProperty("line.separator"));
        }
        return b.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Alter the current regular expression being utilised for entry parsing
     * and create a new {@link Pattern} instance.
     * @param regex The new regular expression
     * @return  true
     * @since 2.0
     * @throws PatternSyntaxException if the regex cannot be compiled
     */
    public boolean setRegex(String regex) {
        try {
            pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
            return true;
        } catch (PatternSyntaxException pse) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unparseable regex supplied: "
                    + regex);
        }
    }

}

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