CompareUtil (Gerrit Trigger 2.42.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompareUtil.AntCompareUtil, CompareUtil.PlainCompareUtil, CompareUtil.RegExpCompareUtil
```
public interface CompareUtil
```
Base interface for the compare-algorithms.

Author:

Robert Sandell <robert.sandell@sonyericsson.com>

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`CompareUtil.AntCompareUtil`	Compares based on Ant-style paths.
`static class`	`CompareUtil.PlainCompareUtil`	Compares with pattern.equals(str).
`static class`	`CompareUtil.RegExpCompareUtil`	Compares with regular-expressions.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the human-readable name of the util.
`char`	`getOperator()`	Returns the operator name of the util.
`boolean`	`matches(String pattern, String str)`	Tells if the given pattern matches the string according to the implemented comparer/algorithm.

- Method Detail
  - matches
```
boolean matches(String pattern,
                String str)
```
    Tells if the given pattern matches the string according to the implemented comparer/algorithm.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - the pattern to use.
    
    str - the string to match on.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the string matches the pattern.
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns the human-readable name of the util.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name.
  - getOperator
```
char getOperator()
```
    Returns the operator name of the util.
    
    Returns:
    
    the operator.