Package org.apache.tiles.core.definition.pattern

# Interface DefinitionPatternMatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `RegexpDefinitionPatternMatcher`, `WildcardDefinitionPatternMatcher`

public interface DefinitionPatternMatcher
Matches a definition name to a definition, through pattern-matching. The matched pattern should be a single one.

Since:
  2.2.0

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `Definition`
  `createDefinition(String definitionName)`
  Creates a definition, given the definition name, through the use of pattern matching.

- ## Method Details

  - ### createDefinition

    Definition createDefinition(String definitionName)
    Creates a definition, given the definition name, through the use of pattern matching.
    Parameters:
      `definitionName` - The definition name to match.
    Returns:
      The created definition, if matched, or `null` if not matched.
    Since:
      2.2.0