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.
47 Regex(StringRef Regex
, unsigned Flags
= NoFlags
);
48 Regex(const Regex
&) = delete;
49 Regex
&operator=(Regex regex
) {
50 std::swap(preg
, regex
.preg
);
51 std::swap(error
, regex
.error
);
57 /// isValid - returns the error encountered during regex compilation, or
59 bool isValid(std::string
&Error
) const;
61 /// getNumMatches - In a valid regex, return the number of parenthesized
62 /// matches it contains. The number filled in by match will include this
63 /// many entries plus one for the whole regex (as element 0).
64 unsigned getNumMatches() const;
66 /// matches - Match the regex against a given \p String.
68 /// \param Matches - If given, on a successful match this will be filled in
69 /// with references to the matched group expressions (inside \p String),
70 /// the first group is always the entire pattern.
72 /// This returns true on a successful match.
73 bool match(StringRef String
, SmallVectorImpl
<StringRef
> *Matches
= nullptr);
75 /// sub - Return the result of replacing the first match of the regex in
76 /// \p String with the \p Repl string. Backreferences like "\0" in the
77 /// replacement string are replaced with the appropriate match substring.
79 /// Note that the replacement string has backslash escaping performed on
80 /// it. Invalid backreferences are ignored (replaced by empty strings).
82 /// \param Error If non-null, any errors in the substitution (invalid
83 /// backreferences, trailing backslashes) will be recorded as a non-empty
85 std::string
sub(StringRef Repl
, StringRef String
,
86 std::string
*Error
= nullptr);
88 /// If this function returns true, ^Str$ is an extended regular
89 /// expression that matches Str and only Str.
90 static bool isLiteralERE(StringRef Str
);
92 /// Turn String into a regex by escaping its special characters.
93 static std::string
escape(StringRef String
);
96 struct llvm_regex
*preg
;
101 #endif // LLVM_SUPPORT_REGEX_H