Class: Sidewalk::Regexp

Inherits:

REGEXP_BASE

• Object
• Sidewalk::Regexp

Defined in:

lib/sidewalk/regexp.rb

Overview

A Regexp class that supports named captures.

This class exists just to give a portable class name to refer to.

• On Ruby 1.9, this inherits ::Regexp.

• On Ruby 1.8, this inherits Oniguruma::ORegexp (which is basically the same library that Ruby 1.9 uses for ::Regexp)

Examples:

Using named captures

regexp = Sidewalk::Regexp.new('(?<foo>bar)')
match = regexp.match(regexp)
match['foo'].should == 'bar'

Class Method Summary

• .native? ⇒ Boolean

  Whether we’re using ::Regexp.

• .oniguruma? ⇒ Boolean

  Whether we’re using Onigirumua::ORegexp.

Class Method Details

.native? ⇒ Boolean

Whether we’re using ::Regexp

Inverse of #native?.

Returns:

• (Boolean)

# File 'lib/sidewalk/regexp.rb', line 46

def self.native?
  !self.oniguruma?
end

.oniguruma? ⇒ Boolean

Whether we’re using Onigirumua::ORegexp.

Inverse of #native?.

Returns:

• (Boolean)

# File 'lib/sidewalk/regexp.rb', line 39

def self.oniguruma?
  Sidewalk::REGEXP_USING_ONIGURUMA
end