public final class PatternSearch
extends java.lang.Object
It works as follows: The '%' character represents any sequence of characters. The '_' character represents some character.
Therefore, the pattern search 'Toby%' will find all rows that start with the string 'Toby' and end with any sequence of characters. The pattern 'T% Downer%' will find all names starting with T and containing 'Downer' somewhere in the end. The pattern '_at' will find all three letter words ending with 'at'.
NOTE: A 'ab%' type search is faster than a '%bc' type search. If the start of the search pattern is unknown then the entire contents of the column need to be accessed.
Constructor | Description |
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PatternSearch() |
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
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static boolean |
fullPatternMatch(java.lang.String pattern,
java.lang.String str,
char escape_char) |
Matches a pattern against a string and returns true if it matches or
false otherwise.
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static void |
main(java.lang.String[] args) |
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static boolean |
patternMatch(java.lang.String pattern,
java.lang.String expression,
char escape_char) |
This is the pattern match recurrsive method.
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static boolean |
testSearch(java.lang.String pattern,
java.lang.String expression,
boolean result) |
public static boolean testSearch(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String expression, boolean result)
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
public static boolean fullPatternMatch(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String str, char escape_char)
public static boolean patternMatch(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.String expression, char escape_char)
Returns true if the pattern matches.
NOTE: That "_%_" will be less efficient than "__%" and will produce the same result. NOTE: It requires that a wild card character is the first character in the expression. ISSUE: Pattern optimiser, we should optimise wild cards of type "%__" to "__%", or "%__%_%_%" to "____%". Optimised forms are identical in result and more efficient. This optimisation could be performed by the client during parsing of the LIKE statement. HACKING ISSUE: Badly formed wild cards may result in hogging of server side resources.
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