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/*
 * ProGuard -- shrinking, optimization, obfuscation, and preverification
 *             of Java bytecode.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2018 GuardSquare NV
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 */
package proguard.util;


/**
 * This interface provides methods to determine whether strings match a given
 * criterion, which is specified by the implementation.
 *
 * @author Eric Lafortune
 */
public abstract class StringMatcher
{
    /**
     * Checks whether the given string matches.
     * @param string the string to match.
     * @return a boolean indicating whether the string matches the criterion.
     */
    public boolean matches(String string)
    {
        return matches(string, 0, string.length());
    }


    /**
     * Checks whether the given substring matches.
     * @param string the string to match.
     * @param beginOffset the start offset of the substring (inclusive).
     * @param endOffset the end offset of the substring (exclusive).
     * @return a boolean indicating whether the substring matches the criterion.
     */
    protected abstract boolean matches(String string,
                                       int    beginOffset,
                                       int    endOffset);
}