keyType.H

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Class
    Foam::keyType

Description
    A class for handling keywords in dictionaries.

    A keyType is the keyword of a dictionary.
    It differs from word in that it accepts patterns (regular expressions).

SourceFiles
    keyType.C

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#ifndef keyType_H
#define keyType_H

#include "word.H"

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namespace Foam
{

// Forward declaration of classes
class Istream;
class Ostream;


/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                           Class keyType Declaration
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class keyType
:
    public word
{
    // Private data

        //- Is the keyType a pattern (regular expression)
        bool isPattern_;

    // Private Member Functions

        //- Disallow assignments where we cannot determine string/word type
        void operator=(const std::string&);

public:

    // Static data members

        //- An empty keyType
        static const keyType null;


    // Constructors

        //- Construct null
        inline keyType();

        //- Construct as copy
        inline keyType(const keyType&);

        //- Construct as copy of word. Not treated as a regular expression
        inline keyType(const word&);

        //- Construct as copy of string. Treat as regular expression.
        inline keyType(const string&);

        //- Construct as copy of character array.
        //  Not treated as a regular expression
        inline keyType(const char*);

        //- Construct as copy of std::string with specified treatment
        inline keyType(const std::string&, const bool isPattern);

        //- Construct from Istream
        //  Treat as regular expression if surrounded by quotation marks.
        keyType(Istream&);


    // Member functions

        //- Should be treated as a match rather than a literal string
        inline bool isPattern() const;

        //- Smart match as regular expression or as a string
        //  Optionally force a literal match only
        bool match(const std::string&, bool literalMatch=false) const;

    // Member operators

        // Assignment

            //- Assignment operator
            inline const keyType& operator=(const keyType&);

            //- Assign as word, not as non regular expression
            inline const keyType& operator=(const word&);

            //- Assign as regular expression
            inline const keyType& operator=(const string&);

            //- Assign as word, not as non regular expression
            inline const keyType& operator=(const char*);


    // IOstream operators

        friend Istream& operator>>(Istream&, keyType&);
        friend Ostream& operator<<(Ostream&, const keyType&);
};


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} // End namespace Foam

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#include "keyTypeI.H"

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#endif

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