//
// 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.*;

/** Implements "(?= )" and "(?! )" */
class lookAhead extends Or
{
  boolean reverse;

  lookAhead(boolean b)
  {
    reverse = b;
  }

  public Pattern getNext()
  {
    return null;
  }

  public int nextMatch(int pos, Pthings pt)
  {
    Pattern p = super.getNext();
    if (p != null)
    {
      return p.matchInternal(pos, pt);
    }
    else
    {
      return pos;
    }
  }

  public int matchInternal(int pos, Pthings pt)
  {
    if (super.matchInternal(pos, pt) >= 0)
    {
      if (reverse)
      {
        return -1;
      }
      else
      {
        return nextMatch(pos, pt);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      if (reverse)
      {
        return nextMatch(pos, pt);
      }
      else
      {
        return -1;
      }
    }
  }

  String leftForm()
  {
    if (reverse)
    {
      return "(?!";
    }
    else
    {
      return "(?=";
    }
  }

  public patInt minChars()
  {
    return new patInt(0);
  }

  public patInt maxChars()
  {
    return new patInt(0);
  }

  Pattern clone1(Hashtable h)
  {
    lookAhead la = new lookAhead(reverse);
    h.put(this, la);
    h.put(la, la);
    for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); i++)
    {
      la.v.addElement(((Pattern) v.elementAt(i)).clone(h));
    }
    return la;
  }
}