/***********************************************************************
    filename:   CEGUIRegexMatcher.h
    created:    Mon Jul 27 2009
    author:     Paul D Turner <paul@cegui.org.uk>
*************************************************************************/
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#ifndef _CEGUIRegexMatcher_h_
#define _CEGUIRegexMatcher_h_

// Start of CEGUI namespace section
namespace CEGUI
{
class String;

//! Interface for Regex matching support classes
class RegexMatcher
{
public:
    //! Destructor.
    virtual ~RegexMatcher() {}
    //! Set the regex string that will be matched against.
    virtual void setRegexString(const String& regex) = 0;
    //! Return reference to current regex string set.
    virtual const String& getRegexString() const = 0;
    //! Return whether a given string matches the set regex.
    virtual bool matchRegex(const String& str) const = 0;
};

} // End of  CEGUI namespace section

#endif  // end of guard _CEGUIRegexMatcher_h_
