RegexCompositeParser (JBehave Core 5.1-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- org.jbehave.core.parsers.RegexCompositeParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

CompositeParser
```
public class RegexCompositeParser
extends Object
implements CompositeParser
```
Pattern-based composite parser, which uses the keywords provided to parse the textual composite steps into a list of Composite.

Author:

Mauro Talevi, Valery Yatsynovich

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected static String NONE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

RegexCompositeParser()

RegexCompositeParser(Keywords keywords)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected String`	`concatenateStartingWords()`
`protected String`	`concatenateWithOr(String beforeKeyword, List<String> keywords)`
`protected List<String>`	`findSteps(String stepsAsText)`
`protected Keywords`	`keywords()`
`List<Composite>`	`parseComposites(String compositesAsText)`	Parses composite steps from their textual representation
`protected List<String>`	`splitElements(String text, String keyword)`
`protected String`	`startingWithNL(String text)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail
- NONE
```
protected static final String NONE
```
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  Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RegexCompositeParser
```
public RegexCompositeParser()
```

RegexCompositeParser

public RegexCompositeParser(Keywords keywords)

Method Detail

parseComposites
```
public List<Composite> parseComposites(String compositesAsText)
```
Description copied from interface: CompositeParser

Parses composite steps from their textual representation

Specified by:

parseComposites in interface CompositeParser

Parameters:

compositesAsText - the textual representation

Returns:

The List of Composite

keywords
```
protected Keywords keywords()
```

splitElements

protected List<String> splitElements(String text,
                                     String keyword)

startingWithNL

protected String startingWithNL(String text)

findSteps

protected List<String> findSteps(String stepsAsText)

concatenateStartingWords

protected String concatenateStartingWords()

concatenateWithOr

protected String concatenateWithOr(String beforeKeyword,
                                   List<String> keywords)