//
// This software is now distributed according to
// the Lesser Gnu Public License.  Please see
// http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt for
// the details.
//    -- Happy Computing!
//
package com.stevesoft.pat;

import java.util.Hashtable;

/**
 * This class is needed internally to make backtracking work correctly in
 * user-defined patterns.
 */
class CustomEndpoint extends Pattern
{
  Custom c;

  CustomEndpoint(Custom cm)
  {
    c = cm;
  }

  public int matchInternal(int pos, Pthings pt)
  {
    int npos = c.v.validate(pt.src, c.start, pos);
    if (npos >= 0)
    {
      return nextMatch(npos, pt);
    }
    return -1;
  }

  public String toString()
  {
    return "";
  }

  Pattern clone1(Hashtable h)
  {
    return new CustomEndpoint((Custom) c.clone(h));
  }
}