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package org.exolab.castor.util;

/**
 * A simple interface for evaluating Regular expressions.
 *
 * @author Keith Visco
 * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2003-03-03 00:05:44 -0700 (Mon, 03 Mar 2003) $
 */
public interface RegExpEvaluator {

  /**
   * Returns true if the given String matches the regular expression of this {@link RegExpEvaluator}
   * .
   *
   * @param value the String to check the production of
   * @return true if the given string matches the regular expression of this {@link RegExpEvaluator}
   * @see #setExpression
   */
  boolean matches(String value);

  /**
   * Sets the regular expression to match against during a call to {@link #matches}.
   *
   * @param rexpr the regular expression
   */
  void setExpression(String rexpr);

}