Package org.jdesktop.swingx.search

Interface Searchable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSearchable, JXEditorPane.DocumentSearchable, ListSearchable, TableSearchable, TreeSearchable

public interface Searchable

Interface that used to implement search logic in all the search capable components.

Author:

Ramesh Gupta

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	search(String searchString)	Search searchString from the beginning of a document.
int	search(String searchString, int startIndex)	Search searchString from the given position in a document.
int	search(String searchString, int startIndex, boolean backward)	Search searchString in the given direction from the some position in a document.
int	search(Pattern pattern)	Search for the pattern from the beginning of the document.
int	search(Pattern pattern, int startIndex)	Search for the pattern from the start index.
int	search(Pattern pattern, int startIndex, boolean backward)	Search for the pattern from the start index.

Method Detail

search

int search(String searchString)

Search searchString from the beginning of a document.

Parameters:

searchString - String we should find in a document.

Returns:

index of matched String or -1 if a match cannot be found.

search

int search(String searchString,
           int startIndex)

Search searchString from the given position in a document.

Parameters:

searchString - String we should find in a document.

startIndex - Start position in a document or -1 if we want to search from the beginning.

Returns:

index of matched String or -1 if a match cannot be found.

search

int search(String searchString,
           int startIndex,
           boolean backward)

Search searchString in the given direction from the some position in a document.

Parameters:

searchString - String we should find in a document.

startIndex - Start position in a document or -1 if we want to search from the beginning.

backward - Indicates search direction, will search from the given position towards the beginning of a document if this parameter is true.

Returns:

index of matched String or -1 if a match cannot be found.

search

int search(Pattern pattern)

Search for the pattern from the beginning of the document.

Parameters:

pattern - Pattern for search

Returns:

index of matched Pattern or -1 if a match cannot be found.

search

int search(Pattern pattern,
           int startIndex)

Search for the pattern from the start index.

Parameters:

pattern - Pattern for search

startIndex - starting index of search. If -1 then start from the beginning

Returns:

index of matched pattern or -1 if a match cannot be found.

search

int search(Pattern pattern,
           int startIndex,
           boolean backward)

Search for the pattern from the start index.

Parameters:

pattern - Pattern for search

startIndex - starting index of search. If -1 then start from the beginning

backward - indicates the direction if true then search is backwards

Returns:

index of matched pattern or -1 if a match cannot be found.