NAME

    Regexp::SAR - perl module implementing regular expression engine for
    handling matching events (Simple API for Regexp)

SYNOPSIS

        use Regexp::SAR;
        
        my $sar1 = new Regexp::SAR;
        my $matched = 0;
        $sar1->addRegexp('abc', sub {$matched = 1;});
        $sar1->match('mm abc nn');
        if ($matched) {
            #proc matching        
        }
        
        #################################################
        #index many regexp for single match run
        my @matched;
        my $sar2 = new Regexp::SAR;
        my $regexps = [
                        ['ab+c', 'First Match'],
                        ['\d+', 'Second Match'],
                      ];
        my $string;
        foreach my $re (@$regexps) {
            my ($reStr, $reTitle) = @$re;
            $sar2->addRegexp( $reStr,
                            sub {
                                my ($from, $to) = @_;
                                my $matchStr = substr($string, $from, $to - $from);
                                push @matched, "$reTitle: $matchStr";
                                $sar2->continueFrom($to);
                            } );
        }
        $string = 'first abbbbc second 123 end';
        $sar2->match(\$string);
        # @matched has ('First Match: abbbbc', 'Second Match: 123')
    
        #################################################
        #get third match and stop
        my $sar3 = new Regexp::SAR;
        my $matchedStr3;
        my $matchCount = 0;
        my $string3 = 'aa11 bb22 cc33 dd44';
        $sar3->addRegexp('\w+', sub {
                                    my ($from, $to) = @_;
                                    ++$matchCount;
                                    if ($matchCount == 3) {
                                        $matchedStr3 = substr($string3, $from, $to - $from);
                                        $sar3->stopMatch(); 
                                    }
                                    else {
                                        $sar3->continueFrom($to);
                                    }
                                });
        $sar3->match($string3);
        # $matchCount is 3, $matchedStr3 is 'cc33'
        
        #################################################
        #get match only at certain position
        my $sar4 = new Regexp::SAR;
        my $matchedStr4;
        my $string4 = 'aa11 bb22 cc33 dd44';
        $sar4->addRegexp('\w+', sub {
                                    my ($from, $to) = @_;
                                    $matchedStr4 = substr($string4, $from, $to - $from);
                                });
        $sar4->matchAt($string4, 5);
        #$matchedStr4 is 'bb22'
        
        #################################################
        #negative matching
        my $sar5 = new Regexp::SAR;
        $sar5->addRegexp('a\^\d+b', sub { print "Matched\n"; });
        $sar5->match('axyzb');

DESCRIPTION

    Regexp::SAR (Simple API for Regexp) module build trie structure for
    many regular expressions and store match handler for each regular
    expression that will be called when match occurs. There is no limit for
    number of regular expressions. Handler called immediately on match and
    it get matching start and end positions in matched string. Matching can
    be started from any point in matching string. Match handler can decide
    from which point matching should continue or it can stop matching at
    all.

METHODS

 new()

    Create new Regexp::SAR object. Every object store it's own trie
    structure separately. When object goes out of scope object and it's
    internal data structure will be cleared from memory.

 addRegexp

    Add regular expression for handling. First parameter is regular
    expression string. Second parameter is reference to subroutine that
    will be called when match on this regexp occurs. Handler subroutine get
    as input two integers, matching start and matching end. Matching start
    is position of first matching character. Matching end is position after
    last matching character.

      my $sar = new Regexp::SAR;
      my $string = 'a123b';
      $sar->addRegexp('\d+', sub {
                                  my ($from, $to) = @_;
                                  # $from is 1
                                  # $to is 4
                                  $sar->stopMatch();
                              });
      $sar->match($string);

 match

    Process matching all added regular expressions on matching string
    passed to match as parameter. match can accept matching string as
    reference to scalar, it useful when matching string is very long.

 matchFrom

    Process matching from specific position. Get two parameters: matching
    string and number from which start processing. match subroutine is
    syntactic sugar form matchFrom when second parameter is 0.

 matchAt

    Process matching from specific position and do not continue on next
    characters.

 continueFrom

    continueFrom subroutine called in matching handler and define from
    which position continue matching after it finished matching on current
    position.

 stopMatch

    stopMatch subroutine called in matching handler and send signal to
    Regexp::SAR object do not continue matching on next characters.

Matching rules

      * Continue matching process character by character even if there was
      match.

        my $sar = new Regexp::SAR;
        my $string = 'a123b';
        $sar->addRegexp('\d+', sub {
                                    my ($from, $to) = @_;
                                    $matchedStr = substr($string, $from, $to - $from);
                                    print "Found number is: $matchedStr\n";
                                });
        $sar->match($string);

      Above code will print 3 times strings: '123', '23', '3' In case it
      should be matched only once use continueFrom.

      * Call all matching handlers that could be found from matching
      position.

        my $sar = new Regexp::SAR;
        $sar->addRegexp('new', sub { print "new found\n"; });
        $sar->addRegexp('new york', sub { print "new york found\n"; });
        $sar->match('new york');

      Above code will print "new found", then print "new york found"

      * Call all matching handlers from different regular expressions that
      match same matched string.

        my $sar = new Regexp::SAR;
        $sar->addRegexp('1', sub { print "one found\n"; });
        $sar->addRegexp('\d', sub { print "digit found\n"; });
        $sar->match('1');

      Above code will print both 'one found' and 'digit found'

Character class abbreviations

      * '.' matches any character

      * '\s' matches space character (checked by internal isSPACE)

      * '\d' matches digit character (checked by internal isDIGIT)

      * '\w' matches alphanumeric character (checked by internal isALNUM)

      * '\a' matches alpha character (checked by internal isALPHA)

      * '\^' matches any character that is not followed character or class
      abbreviation

Matching repetitions

      * '?' means: match 1 or 0 times

      * '*' means: match 0 or more times

      * '+' means: match 1 or more times

'\' escape character

    For matching '\' character in matching string regular expression string
    should iclude it 4 times '\\\\'.

      my $sar = new Regexp::SAR;
      my $string = 'a b\c d';
      $sar->addRegexp('b\\\\c', sub { print "Matched\n"; });
      $sar->match($string);

Unicode support

    Currently this module does not support unicode matching

Examples

    Many usage examples can be found in "OOUsage.t" file


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