org.aitools.programd.test.aiml
Class MatchChecker

java.lang.Object
  org.aitools.programd.test.aiml.Checker
      org.aitools.programd.test.aiml.MatchChecker

public class MatchChecker
extends Checker

Tests whether a given input matches a regular expression.

Author:

Noel Bush

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.aitools.programd.test.aiml.Checker

TAG_ALERT_KEYWORDS, TAG_EXPECTED_ANSWER, TAG_EXPECTED_KEYWORDS, TAG_EXPECTED_LENGTH, TAG_EXPECTED_MATCH

Constructor Summary

MatchChecker(String pattern)
Creates a new MatchChecker with the given regular expression.

Method Summary

String	getContent()
String	getTagName()
boolean	test(String input) Tests whether the given input matches the expected answer.

Methods inherited from class org.aitools.programd.test.aiml.Checker

create

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MatchChecker

public MatchChecker(String pattern)

Creates a new MatchChecker with the given regular expression.

Parameters:

pattern - the regular expression

Method Detail

test

public boolean test(String input)

Tests whether the given input matches the expected answer.

Specified by:

test in class Checker

Parameters:

input - the input to test

Returns:

whether the given input matches the expected answer

See Also:

Checker.test(java.lang.String)

getContent

public String getContent()

Specified by:

getContent in class Checker

Returns:

the textual content of the checker

See Also:

Checker.getContent()

getTagName

public String getTagName()

Specified by:

getTagName in class Checker

Returns:

the tag name that the checker uses

See Also:

Checker.getTagName()