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** $Id:  qt/qregexp.h   3.0.5   edited Oct 12 2001 $
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** Definition of QRegExp class
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#ifndef QREGEXP_H
#define QREGEXP_H

#ifndef QT_H
#include "qstringlist.h"
#endif // QT_H

#ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP
class QRegExpEngine;
struct QRegExpPrivate;

class Q_EXPORT QRegExp
{
public:
    QRegExp();
    QRegExp( const QString& pattern, bool caseSensitive = TRUE,
	     bool wildcard = FALSE );
    QRegExp( const QRegExp& rx );
    ~QRegExp();
    QRegExp& operator=( const QRegExp& rx );

    bool operator==( const QRegExp& rx ) const;
    bool operator!=( const QRegExp& rx ) const { return !operator==( rx ); }

    bool isEmpty() const;
    bool isValid() const;
    QString pattern() const;
    void setPattern( const QString& pattern );
    bool caseSensitive() const;
    void setCaseSensitive( bool sensitive );
#ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP_WILDCARD
    bool wildcard() const;
    void setWildcard( bool wildcard );
#endif
    bool minimal() const;
    void setMinimal( bool minimal );

    bool exactMatch( const QString& str ) const;
#ifndef QT_NO_COMPAT
    int match( const QString& str, int index = 0, int *len = 0,
	       bool indexIsStart = TRUE ) const;
#endif
    int search( const QString& str, int start = 0 ) const;
    int searchRev( const QString& str, int start = -1 ) const;
    int matchedLength() const;
#ifndef QT_NO_REGEXP_CAPTURE
    QStringList capturedTexts();
    QString cap( int nth = 0 );
    int pos( int nth = 0 );
#endif

private:
    void compile( bool caseSensitive );

    QRegExpEngine *eng;
    QRegExpPrivate *priv;
};
#endif // QT_NO_REGEXP
#endif // QREGEXP_H