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16	<H1 align="center">Boost.Regex</H1>
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27	<H3><A name="charT"></A>charT requirements</H3>
28	<P>Type charT used a template argument to <A href="basic_regex.html">class template
29	basic_regex</A>, must have a trivial default constructor, copy constructor,
30	assignment operator, and destructor.  In addition the following
31	requirements must be met for objects; c of type charT, c1 and c2 of type charT
32	const, and i of type int:</P>
33	<P>
34	<TABLE id="Table2" cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="1" width="100%" border="1">
35	<TR>
36	<TD><STRONG>Expression</STRONG></TD>
37	<TD><STRONG>Return type</STRONG></TD>
38	<TD><STRONG>Assertion / Note / Pre- / Post-condition</STRONG></TD>
39	</TR>
40	<TR>
41	<TD>charT c</TD>
42	<TD>charT</TD>
43	<TD>Default constructor (must be trivial).</TD>
44	</TR>
45	<TR>
46	<TD>charT c(c1)</TD>
47	<TD>charT</TD>
48	<TD>Copy constructor (must be trivial).</TD>
49	</TR>
50	<TR>
51	<TD>c1 = c2</TD>
52	<TD>charT</TD>
53	<TD>Assignment operator (must be trivial).</TD>
54	</TR>
55	<TR>
56	<TD>c1 == c2</TD>
57	<TD>bool</TD>
58	<TD>true if c1 has the same value as c2.</TD>
59	</TR>
60	<TR>
61	<TD>c1 != c2</TD>
62	<TD>bool</TD>
63	<TD>true if c1 and c2 are not equal.</TD>
64	</TR>
65	<TR>
66	<TD>c1 < c2</TD>
67	<TD>bool</TD>
68	<TD>true if the value of c1 is less than c2.</TD>
69	</TR>
70	<TR>
71	<TD>c1 > c2</TD>
72	<TD>bool</TD>
73	<TD>true if the value of c1 is greater than c2.</TD>
74	</TR>
75	<TR>
76	<TD>c1 <= c2</TD>
77	<TD>bool</TD>
78	<TD>true if c1 is less than or equal to c2.</TD>
79	</TR>
80	<TR>
81	<TD>c1 >= c2</TD>
82	<TD>bool</TD>
83	<TD>true if c1 is greater than or equal to c2.</TD>
84	</TR>
85	<TR>
86	<TD>intmax_t i = c1</TD>
87	<TD>int</TD>
88	<TD>
89	<P>charT must be convertible to an integral type.</P>
90	<P>Note: type charT is not required to support this operation, if the traits class
91	used supports the full Boost-specific interface, rather than the minimal
92	standardised-interface (see traits class requirements below).</P>
93	</TD>
94	</TR>
95	<TR>
96	<TD>charT c(i);</TD>
97	<TD>charT</TD>
98	<TD>charT must be constructable from an integral type.</TD>
99	</TR>
100	</TABLE>
101	</P>
102	<H3><A name="traits"></A>traits requirements</H3>
103	<P>There are two sets of requirements for the traits template argument to
104	basic_regex: a mininal interface (which is part of the regex standardization
105	proposal), and an optional Boost-specific enhanced interface.</P>
106	<H4>Minimal requirements.</H4>
107	<P>In the following table X denotes a traits class defining types and functions
108	for the character container type charT; u is an object of type X; v is an
109	object of type const X; p is a value of type const charT*; I1 and I2 are Input
110	Iterators; c is a value of type const charT; s is an object of type
111	X::string_type; cs is an object of type const X::string_type; b is a value of
112	type bool; I is a value of type int; F1 and F2 are values of type const charT*;
113	and loc is an object of type X::locale_type.</P>
114	<P>
115	<TABLE id="Table3" cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="7" width="100%" border="1">
116	<TR>
117	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
118	<P><STRONG>Expression</STRONG></P>
119	</TD>
120	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
121	<P><STRONG>Return type</STRONG></P>
122	</TD>
123	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
124	<P><STRONG>Assertion / Note
125	<BR>
126	Pre / Post condition</STRONG></P>
127	</TD>
128	</TR>
129	<TR>
130	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
131	<P>X::char_type</P>
132	</TD>
133	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
134	<P>charT</P>
135	</TD>
136	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
137	<P>The character container type used in the implementation of class template <CODE>basic_regex</CODE>.</P>
138	</TD>
139	</TR>
140	<TR>
141	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
142	<P>X::size_type</P>
143	</TD>
144	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
145	<P> </P>
146	</TD>
147	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
148	<P>An unsigned integer type, capable of holding the length of a null-terminated
149	string of charT's.</P>
150	</TD>
151	</TR>
152	<TR>
153	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
154	<P>X::string_type</P>
155	</TD>
156	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
157	<P>std::basic_string<charT> or std::vector<charT></P>
158	</TD>
159	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
160	<P> </P>
161	</TD>
162	</TR>
163	<TR>
164	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
165	<P>X::locale_type</P>
166	</TD>
167	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
168	<P>Implementation defined</P>
169	</TD>
170	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
171	<P>A copy constructible type that represents the locale used by the traits class.</P>
172	</TD>
173	</TR>
174	<TR>
175	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
176	<P>X::char_class_type</P>
177	</TD>
178	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
179	<P>Implementation defined</P>
180	</TD>
181	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
182	<P>A bitmask type representing a particular character classification. Multiple
183	values of this type can be bitwise-or'ed together to obtain a new valid value.</P>
184	</TD>
185	</TR>
186	<TR>
187	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
188	<P>X::length(p)</P>
189	</TD>
190	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
191	<P>X::size_type</P>
192	</TD>
193	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
194	<P>Yields the smallest <CODE>i</CODE> such that <CODE>p[i] == 0</CODE>. Complexity
195	is linear in <CODE>i</CODE>.</P>
196	</TD>
197	</TR>
198	<TR>
199	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
200	<P>v.translate(c)</P>
201	</TD>
202	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
203	<P>X::char_type</P>
204	</TD>
205	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
206	<P>Returns a character such that for any character d that is to be considered
207	equivalent to c then v.translate(c) == v.translate(d).</P>
208	</TD>
209	</TR>
210	<TR>
211	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
212	<P>v.translate_nocase(c)</P>
213	</TD>
214	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">X::char_type</TD>
215	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">For all characters C that are to be considered
216	equivalent to c when comparisons are to be performed without regard to case,
217	then v.translate_- nocase(c) == v.translate_- nocase(C).</TD>
218	</TR>
219	<TR>
220	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
221	<P>v.transform(F1, F2)</P>
222	</TD>
223	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
224	<P>X::string_type</P>
225	</TD>
226	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
227	<P>Returns a sort key for the character sequence designated by the iterator range
228	[F1, F2) such that if the character sequence [G1, G2) sorts before the
229	character sequence [H1, H2) then v.transform(G1, G2) < v.transform(H1,
230	H2). </P>
231	</TD>
232	</TR>
233	<TR>
234	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
235	<P>v.transform_primary(F1, F2)</P>
236	</TD>
237	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
238	<P>X::string_type</P>
239	</TD>
240	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
241	<P>Returns a sort key for the character sequence designated by the iterator range
242	[F1, F2) such that if the character sequence [G1, G2) sorts before the
243	character sequence [H1, H2) when character case is not considered then
244	v.transform_primary(G1, G2) < v.transform_- primary(H1, H2).</P>
245	</TD>
246	</TR>
247	<TR>
248	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
249	<P>v.lookup_classname(F1, F2)</P>
250	</TD>
251	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
252	<P>X::char_class_type</P>
253	</TD>
254	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
255	<P>Converts the character sequence designated by the iterator range [F1,F2) into a
256	bitmask type that can subsequently be passed to isctype. Values returned from
257	lookup_classname can be safely bitwise or'ed together. Returns 0 if the
258	character sequence is not the name of a character class recognized by X. The
259	value returned shall be independent of the case of the characters in the
260	sequence.</P>
261	</TD>
262	</TR>
263	<TR>
264	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
265	<P>v.lookup_collatename(F1, F2)</P>
266	</TD>
267	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
268	<P>X::string_type</P>
269	</TD>
270	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
271	<P>Returns a sequence of characters that represents the collating element
272	consisting of the character sequence designated by the iterator range [F1, F2).
273	Returns an empty string if the character sequence is not a valid collating
274	element.</P>
275	</TD>
276	</TR>
277	<TR>
278	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
279	<P>v.isctype(c, v.lookup_classname (F1, F2))</P>
280	</TD>
281	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
282	<P>bool</P>
283	</TD>
284	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
285	<P>Returns true if character c is a member of the character class designated by
286	the iterator range [F1, F2), false otherwise.</P>
287	</TD>
288	</TR>
289	<TR>
290	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
291	<P>v.value(c, i)</P>
292	</TD>
293	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
294	<P>int</P>
295	</TD>
296	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
297	<P>Returns the value represented by the digit c in base I if the character c is a
298	valid digit in base I; otherwise returns -1. [Note: the value of I will only be
299	8, 10, or 16. -end note]</P>
300	</TD>
301	</TR>
302	<TR>
303	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
304	<P>u.imbue(loc)</P>
305	</TD>
306	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
307	<P>X::locale_type</P>
308	</TD>
309	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
310	<P>Imbues <CODE>u</CODE> with the locale <CODE>loc</CODE>, returns the previous
311	locale used by u if any. </P>
312	</TD>
313	</TR>
314	<TR>
315	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
316	<P>v.getloc()</P>
317	</TD>
318	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
319	<P>X::locale_type</P>
320	</TD>
321	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
322	<P>Returns the current locale used by <CODE>v</CODE> if any. </P>
323	</TD>
324	</TR>
325	<TR>
326	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
327	<P>v.error_string(i)</P>
328	</TD>
329	<TD vAlign="top" width="28%">
330	<P>std::string</P>
331	</TD>
332	<TD vAlign="top" width="45%">
333	<P>Returns a human readable error string for the error condition <CODE>i</CODE>,
334	where <CODE>i</CODE> is one of the values enumerated by type <CODE>regex_constants::error_type</CODE>.
335	If the value <CODE>i</CODE> is not recognized then returns the string "Unknown
336	error" or a localized equivalent.</P>
337	</TD>
338	</TR>
339	</TABLE>
340	</P>
341	<H4>Additional Optional Requirements</H4>
342	<P>The following additional requirements are strictly optional, however in order
343	for basic_regex to take advantage of these additional interfaces, all of the
344	following requirements must be met; basic_regex will detect the presence or
345	absense of member <EM>boost_extensions_tag </EM>and configure itself
346	appropriately.</P>
347	<P>
348	<TABLE id="Table4" cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="1" width="100%" border="1">
349	<TR>
350	<TD><STRONG>Expression</STRONG></TD>
351	<TD width="231"><STRONG>Result</STRONG></TD>
352	<TD>
353	<P><STRONG>Assertion / Note
354	<BR>
355	Pre / Post condition</STRONG></P>
356	</TD>
357	</TR>
358	<TR>
359	<TD>X::boost_extensions_tag</TD>
360	<TD width="231">An unspecified type.</TD>
361	<TD>When present, all of the extensions listed in this table must be present.</TD>
362	</TR>
363	<TR>
364	<TD>
365	<P>v.syntax_type(c)</P>
366	</TD>
367	<TD width="231"><A href="../../../boost/regex/v4/syntax_type.hpp">regex_constants::syntax_type</A></TD>
368	<TD>
369	<P>Returns a symbolic value of type <CODE>regex_constants::syntax_type </CODE>that
370	signifies the meaning of character <CODE>c</CODE> within the regular expression
371	grammar.</P>
372	</TD>
373	</TR>
374	<TR>
375	<TD>v.escape_syntax_type(c)</TD>
376	<TD width="231"><A href="../../../boost/regex/v4/syntax_type.hpp">regex_constants::escape_syntax_type</A></TD>
377	<TD>
378	<P>Returns a symbolic value of type <CODE>regex_constants::escape_syntax_type</CODE>,
379	that signifies the meaning of character <CODE>c</CODE> within the regular
380	expression grammar, when <CODE>c</CODE> has been preceded by an escape
381	character. Precondition: if <CODE>b</CODE> is the character preceding <CODE>c</CODE>
382	in the expression being parsed then: <CODE>v.syntax_type(b) == syntax_escape</CODE></P>
383	</TD>
384	</TR>
385	<TR>
386	<TD>
387	<P>v.translate(c, b)</P>
388	</TD>
389	<TD width="231">X::char_type</TD>
390	<TD>
391	<P>Returns a character <CODE>d</CODE> such that: for any character <CODE>d</CODE> that
392	is to be considered equivalent to <CODE>c</CODE> then <CODE>v.translate(c,false)==v.translate(d,false)</CODE>.
393	Likewise for all characters <CODE>C</CODE> that are to be considered equivalent
394	to <CODE>c</CODE> when comparisons are to be performed without regard to case,
395	then <CODE>v.translate(c,true)==v.translate(C,true)</CODE>.</P>
396	</TD>
397	</TR>
398	<TR>
399	<TD>
400	<P>v.toi(I1, I2, i)</P>
401	</TD>
402	<TD width="231">An integer type capable of holding either a charT or an int.</TD>
403	<TD>
404	<P>Behaves as follows: if <CODE>p==q</CODE> or if <CODE>*p </CODE>is not a digit
405	character then returns -1. Otherwise performs formatted numeric input on the
406	sequence [p,q) and returns the result as an int. Postcondition: either <CODE>p ==
407	q</CODE> or <CODE>*p</CODE> is a non-digit character.</P>
408	</TD>
409	</TR>
410	<TR>
411	<TD>
412	<P>v.error_string(i)</P>
413	</TD>
414	<TD width="231">std::string</TD>
415	<TD>
416	<P>Returns a human readable error string for the error condition <CODE>i</CODE>,
417	where <CODE>i</CODE> is one of the values enumerated by type <CODE><A href="error_type.html">
418	regex_constants::error_type</A></CODE>.  If the value <CODE>i</CODE>
419	is not recognized then returns the string "Unknown error" or a localized
420	equivalent.</P>
421	</TD>
422	</TR>
423	<TR>
424	<TD>v.tolower(c)</TD>
425	<TD width="231">X::char_type</TD>
426	<TD>Converts c to lower case, used for Perl-style \l and \L formating operations.</TD>
427	</TR>
428	<TR>
429	<TD>v.toupper(c)</TD>
430	<TD width="231">X::char_type</TD>
431	<TD>Converts c to upper case, used for Perl-style \u and \U formating operations.</TD>
432	</TR>
433	</TABLE>
434	</P>
435	<H3><A name="iterator"></A>Iterator Rrequirements</H3>
436	<P>
437	<P>The regular expression algorithms (and iterators) take all require a
438	Bidirectional-Iterator.</P>
439	<P>
440	<HR>
441	</P>
442	<P></P>
443	<p>Revised
444	<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
445	24 June 2004
446	<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" --></p>
447	<p><i>© Copyright John Maddock 1998-
448	<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%Y" startspan --> 2004<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" --></i></p>
449	<P><I>Use, modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software License,
450	Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <A href="../../../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</A>
451	or copy at <A href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</A>)</I></P>
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