RegexSplitter (biojava-legacy 1.9.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.biojava.bio.program.tagvalue.RegexSplitter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ChangeTable.Splitter
```
public class RegexSplitter
extends Object
implements ChangeTable.Splitter
```
A ValueChanger.Splitter that splits a line of text using a regular expression, returning one value per match.

A list of values is generated by effectively executing:
```
 matcher = pattern.matcher(value.toString());

 while(matcher.find()) {
   values.add(matcher.group(matchGroup);
 }
 
```
Since:

1.3

Author:

Matthew Pocock

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  RegexSplitter(Pattern pattern, int matchGroup)
  Create a new RegexSplitter with a pattern.
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  List split(Object value)
  Produce a list of values from an old value.
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - RegexSplitter
```
public RegexSplitter(Pattern pattern,
                     int matchGroup)
```
    Create a new RegexSplitter with a pattern.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - the Pattern used to split values
    
    matchGroup - the group to pull out - use 0 to pull out the whole match
- Method Detail
  - split
```
public List split(Object value)
```
    Description copied from interface: ChangeTable.Splitter
    
    Produce a list of values from an old value.
    
    It is strongly recommended that this method is re-entrant and does not modify the state of the Splitter in a way that would affect future return -values.
    
    Specified by:
    
    split in interface ChangeTable.Splitter
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the old value Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a List of value Objects produced by splitting the old value Object