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/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2007, 2012 Oracle. All rights reserved.
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.internal.swing;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.internal.StringTools;

/**
 * This interface defines a simple API for allowing "pluggable"
 * string matchers that can be configured with a pattern string
 * then used to determine what strings match the pattern.
 */
public interface StringMatcher {

	/**
	 * Set the pattern string used to determine future
	 * matches. The format and semantics of the pattern
	 * string are determined by the contract between the
	 * client and the server.
	 */
	void setPatternString(String patternString);

	/**
	 * Return whether the specified string matches the
	 * established pattern string. The semantics of a match
	 * is determined by the contract between the
	 * client and the server.
	 */
	boolean matches(String string);


	final class Null
		implements StringMatcher, Serializable
	{
		public static final StringMatcher INSTANCE = new Null();
		public static StringMatcher instance() {
			return INSTANCE;
		}
		// ensure single instance
		private Null() {
			super();
		}
		public void setPatternString(String patternString) {
			// ignore the pattern string
		}
		public boolean matches(String string) {
			// everything is a match
			return true;
		}
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return StringTools.buildSingletonToString(this);
		}
		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
		private Object readResolve() {
			// replace this object with the singleton
			return INSTANCE;
		}
	}
}

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