Package org.apache.lucene.util.automaton

package org.apache.lucene.util.automaton

Finite-state automaton for regular expressions.

This package contains a full DFA/NFA implementation with Unicode alphabet and support for all standard (and a number of non-standard) regular expression operations.

The most commonly used functionality is located in the classes Automaton and RegExp.

For more information, go to the package home page at http://www.brics.dk/automaton/.

Related Packages

Package	Description
org.apache.lucene.util	Some utility classes.
org.apache.lucene.util.fst	Finite state transducers
org.apache.lucene.util.mutable	Comparable object wrappers
org.apache.lucene.util.packed	Packed integer arrays and streams.

Class	Description
Automaton	Finite-state automaton with regular expression operations.
AutomatonProvider	Automaton provider for RegExp. RegExp.toAutomaton(AutomatonProvider)
BasicAutomata	Construction of basic automata.
BasicOperations	Basic automata operations.
ByteRunAutomaton	Automaton representation for matching UTF-8 byte[].
CharacterRunAutomaton	Automaton representation for matching char[].
CompiledAutomaton	Immutable class holding compiled details for a given Automaton.
CompiledAutomaton.AUTOMATON_TYPE	Automata are compiled into different internal forms for the most efficient execution depending upon the language they accept.
LevenshteinAutomata	Class to construct DFAs that match a word within some edit distance.
MinimizationOperations	Operations for minimizing automata.
RegExp	Regular Expression extension to Automaton.
RunAutomaton	Finite-state automaton with fast run operation.
SpecialOperations	Special automata operations.
State	Automaton state.
StatePair	Pair of states.
Transition	Automaton transition.
UTF32ToUTF8	Converts UTF-32 automata to the equivalent UTF-8 representation.