// Zoe AIM Away Message RSS Feed Generator
//
// Douglas Thrift
//
// $Id$

#ifndef _Matcher_hpp_
#define _Matcher_hpp_

#include <pcre.h>

#include "Zoe.hpp"

class Matcher
{
private:
	pcre* expression;
	std::vector<ext::String> substrings;
public:
	Matcher() : expression(NULL) {}
	Matcher(const ext::String& expression);
	~Matcher();
	bool match(const ext::String& stuff);
	unsigned size(void) const { return substrings.size(); }
	Matcher& operator()(const ext::String& expression);
	const ext::String& operator[](unsigned index) const { return
		substrings[index]; }
	operator ext::String() const { return substrings[0]; }
	bool operator==(const ext::String& stuff) { return match(stuff); }
	bool operator!=(const ext::String& stuff) { return !match(stuff); }
// friends:
	friend bool operator==(const ext::String& stuff, Matcher& matcher) { return
		matcher == stuff; }
	friend bool operator!=(const ext::String& stuff, Matcher& matcher) { return
		matcher != stuff; }
};

#endif // _Matcher_hpp_