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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2008  David Bateman
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_regex_match_h)
+#define octave_regex_match_h 1
+
+#include <string>
+
+#if defined (HAVE_REGEX)
+#if defined (__MINGW32__)
+#define __restrict
+#endif
+#if defined (HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H)
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+#include <regex.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "Array.h"
+#include "str-vec.h"
+
+class
+OCTAVE_API
+regex_match
+{
+public:
+
+  regex_match (const std::string& p, bool insen = false) 
+    : pat (p), case_insen (insen){ init (); }
+
+  regex_match (const string_vector& p = string_vector (), bool insen = false) 
+    : pat (p), case_insen (insen)  { init (); }
+
+  regex_match (const regex_match& gm) 
+    : pat (gm.pat), case_insen (gm.case_insen) { init (); }
+
+  regex_match& operator = (const regex_match& gm);
+
+  ~regex_match (void);
+
+  void set_pattern (const std::string& p);
+
+  void set_pattern (const string_vector& p);
+
+  bool match (const std::string&);
+
+  Array<bool> match (const string_vector&);
+
+private:
+
+  void init (void);
+
+  // Regex pattern(s).
+  string_vector pat;
+
+  // Should match be case insensitive
+  bool case_insen;
+
+#if HAVE_REGEX
+  regex_t *compiled;
+#endif
+
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/