RegexEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

RegexEngineImpl, RegexEngineImpl
```
public interface RegexEngine
```
A provider of a regular expression matching capability.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Regex`	`compile(java.lang.String str)`	Compiles a string containing a regular expression into a `Regex` object.

- Method Detail
  - compile
```
Regex compile(java.lang.String str)
       throws RegexSyntaxException
```
    Compiles a string containing a regular expression into a Regex object. The Regex object can be used to test whether a string matches the regular expression.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - a String containing a regular expression
    
    Returns:
    
    a Regex for str
    
    Throws:
    
    RegexSyntaxException - if str is not a valid regular expression