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018
019package org.apache.commons.digester;
020
021
022/**
023 * Regular expression matching strategy for RegexRules.
024 *
025 * @since 1.5
026 */
027
028abstract public class RegexMatcher {
029    
030    /** 
031     * Returns true if the given pattern matches the given path 
032     * according to the regex algorithm that this strategy applies.
033     *
034     * @param pathPattern the standard digester path representing the element
035     * @param rulePattern the regex pattern the path will be tested against
036     * @return true if the given pattern matches the given path
037     */
038    abstract public boolean match(String pathPattern, String rulePattern);
039    
040}