org.brains2b.struct.position

Interface Position

All Known Implementing Classes:

AfterPosition, BeforePosition, FirstFromListPosition, FirstPosition, RegExPosition, RelativePosition, TokenPosition, WithinPosition

public interface Position

Postion is an interface which only function is to return a position in a line, not before begin or return -1

The position returned depends on the specific implementation

Version:

1.00 [28-02-2005]

Author:

dennis@brains2b.nl

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getLength() get the length of the position returned by getPosition(String, int)
int	getPosition(java.lang.String line, int begin) get a position in a line, not before begin or return -1

Method Detail

getPosition

int getPosition(java.lang.String line,
                int begin)

get a position in a line, not before begin or return -1

Parameters:

line - String, the line to find the position in

begin - int, the location to start from

Returns:

int a position after begin, or -1

getLength

int getLength()

get the length of the position returned by getPosition(String, int)

Returns:

int length of the position, usually the length of the mark the position found, but can be 0