TokenFilter.ReplaceRegex (Apache Ant API)
Date: 2016-04-09

org.apache.tools.ant.filters

## Class TokenFilter.ReplaceRegex

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
  - - org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter
    - - org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TokenFilter.ReplaceRegex

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Cloneable, ChainableReader, TokenFilter.Filter
  Enclosing class:
    TokenFilter

      public static class TokenFilter.ReplaceRegex
      extends TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter

  filter to replace regex.

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

      `description, location, project`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `TokenFilter.ReplaceRegex()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `java.lang.String` | `filter(java.lang.String line)` filter and/of modify a string
    `void` | `setFlags(java.lang.String flags)`
    `void` | `setPattern(java.lang.String from)` the from attribute
    `void` | `setReplace(java.lang.String to)` the to attribute

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TokenFilter.ChainableReaderFilter

      `chain, setByLine`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

      `clone, getDescription, getLocation, getProject, log, log, setDescription, setLocation, setProject`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### TokenFilter.ReplaceRegex

          public TokenFilter.ReplaceRegex()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### setPattern

          public void setPattern(java.lang.String from)

      the from attribute
      Parameters:
        `from` - the regex string

    - #### setReplace

          public void setReplace(java.lang.String to)

      the to attribute
      Parameters:
        `to` - the replacement string

    - #### setFlags

          public void setFlags(java.lang.String flags)

      Parameters:
        `flags` - the regex flags

    - #### filter

          public java.lang.String filter(java.lang.String line)

      Description copied from interface: `TokenFilter.Filter`
      filter and/of modify a string
      Parameters:
        `line` - the string to modify
      Returns:
        the modified string