XML::LibXML::RegExp(3)
NAME
XML::LibXML::RegExp - XML::LibXML::RegExp - interface to libxml2
regular expressions
SYNOPSIS
use XML::LibXML;
my $compiled_re = XML::LibXML::RegExp->new('[0-9]{5}(-[0-9]{4})?');
if ($compiled_re->isDeterministic()) { ... }
if ($compiled_re->matches($string)) { ... }
$compiled_re = XML::LibXML::RegExp->new( $regexp_str );
$bool = $compiled_re->matches($string);
$bool = $compiled_re->isDeterministic();
DESCRIPTION
This is a perl interface to libxml2's implementation of regular
expressions, which are used e.g. for validation of XML Schema simple
types (pattern facet).
new()
$compiled_re = XML::LibXML::RegExp->new( $regexp_str );
The constructor takes a string containing a regular expression and
returns a compiled regexp object.
matches($string)
$bool = $compiled_re->matches($string);
Given a string value, returns a true value if the value is matched
by the compiled regular expression.
isDeterministic()
$bool = $compiled_re->isDeterministic();
Returns a true value if the regular expression is deterministic;
returns false otherwise. (See the definition of determinism in the
XML spec (<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#determinism>))
AUTHORS
Matt Sergeant, Christian Glahn, Petr Pajas
VERSION
2.0130
COPYRIGHT
2001-2007, AxKit.com Ltd.
2002-2006, Christian Glahn.
2006-2009, Petr Pajas.
LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.24.2 2017-10-24 XML::LibXML::RegExp(3)
xml-libxml 2.13.100 - Generated Fri Oct 27 15:00:44 CDT 2017