PatternMatcherBean (dev.hcf.ball:ball-util API 6.4.14.20240921 API)

```
public interface PatternMatcherBean
```
Interface providing default methods for beans classes annotated with PatternRegex and whose methods are annotated with MatcherGroup.

Author:

Allen D. Ball

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default void`	`initialize(CharSequence sequence)`	Method to initialize fields and methods annotated with `MatcherGroup` with the results of parsing the `sequence` argument.
`default Matcher`	`matcher(CharSequence sequence)`	Method to get the `Matcher` for the argument input.
`default Pattern`	`pattern()`	Method to get the compiled `Pattern` for this annotated bean.

- Method Detail
  - initialize
```
default void initialize(CharSequence sequence)
```
    Method to initialize fields and methods annotated with MatcherGroup with the results of parsing the sequence argument.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sequence - The CharSequence to parse.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - If the CharSequence does not match the PatternRegex.value().
  - matcher
```
default Matcher matcher(CharSequence sequence)
```
    Method to get the Matcher for the argument input.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sequence - The CharSequence to parse.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Matcher for the pattern() applied to the CharSequence.
  - pattern
```
default Pattern pattern()
```
    Method to get the compiled Pattern for this annotated bean.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Pattern.