1 //===-- Regex.h - Regular Expression matcher implementation -*- C++ -*-----===//
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 // This file implements a POSIX regular expression matcher. Both Basic and
10 // Extended POSIX regular expressions (ERE) are supported. EREs were extended
11 // to support backreferences in matches.
12 // This implementation also supports matching strings with embedded NUL chars.
14 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
16 #ifndef LLVM_SUPPORT_REGEX_H
17 #define LLVM_SUPPORT_REGEX_H
25 template<typename T
> class SmallVectorImpl
;
31 /// Compile for matching that ignores upper/lower case distinctions.
33 /// Compile for newline-sensitive matching. With this flag '[^' bracket
34 /// expressions and '.' never match newline. A ^ anchor matches the
35 /// null string after any newline in the string in addition to its normal
36 /// function, and the $ anchor matches the null string before any
37 /// newline in the string in addition to its normal function.
39 /// By default, the POSIX extended regular expression (ERE) syntax is
40 /// assumed. Pass this flag to turn on basic regular expressions (BRE)
46 /// Compiles the given regular expression \p Regex.
48 /// \param Regex - referenced string is no longer needed after this
49 /// constructor does finish. Only its compiled form is kept stored.
50 Regex(StringRef Regex
, unsigned Flags
= NoFlags
);
51 Regex(const Regex
&) = delete;
52 Regex
&operator=(Regex regex
) {
53 std::swap(preg
, regex
.preg
);
54 std::swap(error
, regex
.error
);
60 /// isValid - returns the error encountered during regex compilation, if
62 bool isValid(std::string
&Error
) const;
63 bool isValid() const { return !error
; }
65 /// getNumMatches - In a valid regex, return the number of parenthesized
66 /// matches it contains. The number filled in by match will include this
67 /// many entries plus one for the whole regex (as element 0).
68 unsigned getNumMatches() const;
70 /// matches - Match the regex against a given \p String.
72 /// \param Matches - If given, on a successful match this will be filled in
73 /// with references to the matched group expressions (inside \p String),
74 /// the first group is always the entire pattern.
76 /// \param Error - If non-null, any errors in the matching will be recorded
77 /// as a non-empty string. If there is no error, it will be an empty string.
79 /// This returns true on a successful match.
80 bool match(StringRef String
, SmallVectorImpl
<StringRef
> *Matches
= nullptr,
81 std::string
*Error
= nullptr) const;
83 /// sub - Return the result of replacing the first match of the regex in
84 /// \p String with the \p Repl string. Backreferences like "\0" in the
85 /// replacement string are replaced with the appropriate match substring.
87 /// Note that the replacement string has backslash escaping performed on
88 /// it. Invalid backreferences are ignored (replaced by empty strings).
90 /// \param Error If non-null, any errors in the substitution (invalid
91 /// backreferences, trailing backslashes) will be recorded as a non-empty
92 /// string. If there is no error, it will be an empty string.
93 std::string
sub(StringRef Repl
, StringRef String
,
94 std::string
*Error
= nullptr) const;
96 /// If this function returns true, ^Str$ is an extended regular
97 /// expression that matches Str and only Str.
98 static bool isLiteralERE(StringRef Str
);
100 /// Turn String into a regex by escaping its special characters.
101 static std::string
escape(StringRef String
);
104 struct llvm_regex
*preg
;
109 #endif // LLVM_SUPPORT_REGEX_H