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<main><divclass="width-limiter"><navclass="sub"><formclass="search-form"><span></span><divid="sidebar-button"tabindex="-1"><ahref="../../../../regex_automata/all.html"title="show sidebar"></a></div><inputclass="search-input"name="search"aria-label="Run search in the documentation"autocomplete="off"spellcheck="false"placeholder="Click or press ‘S’ to search, ‘?’ for more options…"type="search"><divid="help-button"tabindex="-1"><ahref="../../../../help.html"title="help">?</a></div><divid="settings-menu"tabindex="-1"><ahref="../../../../settings.html"title="settings"><imgwidth="22"height="22"alt="Change settings"src="../../../../static.files/wheel-7b819b6101059cd0.svg"></a></div></form></nav><sectionid="main-content"class="content"><divclass="main-heading"><h1>Struct <ahref="../../../index.html">regex_automata</a>::<wbr><ahref="../../index.html">nfa</a>::<wbr><ahref="../index.html">thompson</a>::<wbr><ahref="index.html">pikevm</a>::<wbr><aclass="struct"href="#">PikeVM</a><buttonid="copy-path"title="Copy item path to clipboard"><imgsrc="../../../../static.files/clipboard-7571035ce49a181d.svg"width="19"height="18"alt="Copy item path"></button></h1><spanclass="out-of-band"><aclass="src"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#387-390">source</a> · <buttonid="toggle-all-docs"title="collapse all docs">[<span>−</span>]</button></span></div><preclass="rust item-decl"><code>pub struct PikeVM { <spanclass="comment">/* private fields */</span> }</code></pre><detailsclass="toggle top-doc"open><summaryclass="hideme"><span>Expand description</span></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>A virtual machine for executing regex searches with capturing groups.</p>
<p>Unlike most other regex engines in this crate, a <code>PikeVM</code> never returns an
error at search time. It supports all <ahref="../../../enum.Anchored.html"title="enum regex_automata::Anchored"><code>Anchored</code></a> configurations, never
quits and works on haystacks of arbitrary length.</p>
<p>There are two caveats to mention though:</p>
<ul>
<li>If an invalid pattern ID is given to a search via <ahref="../../../enum.Anchored.html#variant.Pattern"title="variant regex_automata::Anchored::Pattern"><code>Anchored::Pattern</code></a>,
then the PikeVM will report “no match.” This is consistent with all other
regex engines in this crate.</li>
<li>When using <ahref="struct.PikeVM.html#method.which_overlapping_matches"title="method regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM::which_overlapping_matches"><code>PikeVM::which_overlapping_matches</code></a> with a <ahref="../../../struct.PatternSet.html"title="struct regex_automata::PatternSet"><code>PatternSet</code></a>
that has insufficient capacity to store all valid pattern IDs, then if a
match occurs for a <code>PatternID</code> that cannot be inserted, it is silently
dropped as if it did not match.</li>
</ul>
<h2id="advice"><ahref="#advice">Advice</a></h2>
<p>The <code>PikeVM</code> is generally the most “powerful” regex engine in this crate.
“Powerful” in this context means that it can handle any regular expression
that is parseable by <code>regex-syntax</code> and any size haystack. Regretably,
the <code>PikeVM</code> is also simultaneously often the <em>slowest</em> regex engine in
practice. This results in an annoying situation where one generally tries
to pick any other regex engine (or perhaps none at all) before being
forced to fall back to a <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
<p>For example, a common strategy for dealing with capturing groups is to
actually look for the overall match of the regex using a faster regex
DFA-based regex engine at all (unless you <ahref="../../../hybrid/dfa/struct.Config.html#method.unicode_word_boundary"title="method regex_automata::hybrid::dfa::Config::unicode_word_boundary">enable heuristic support for
</div></details><h2id="implementations"class="section-header">Implementations<ahref="#implementations"class="anchor">§</a></h2><divid="implementations-list"><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="impl-PikeVM"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#392-706">source</a><ahref="#impl-PikeVM"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl <aclass="struct"href="struct.PikeVM.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM">PikeVM</a></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.new"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#413-415">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.new"class="fn">new</a>(pattern: &<aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/std/primitive.str.html">str</a>) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<aclass="struct"href="struct.PikeVM.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM">PikeVM</a>, <aclass="struct"href="../struct.BuildError.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::BuildError">BuildError</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Parse the given regular expression using the default configuration and
return the corresponding <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
<p>If you want a non-default configuration, then use the <ahref="struct.Builder.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Builder"><code>Builder</code></a> to
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.new_from_nfa"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#475-477">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.new_from_nfa"class="fn">new_from_nfa</a>(nfa: <aclass="struct"href="../struct.NFA.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::NFA">NFA</a>) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<aclass="struct"href="struct.PikeVM.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM">PikeVM</a>, <aclass="struct"href="../struct.BuildError.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::BuildError">BuildError</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Like <code>new</code>, but builds a PikeVM directly from an NFA. This is useful
if you already have an NFA, or even if you hand-assembled the NFA.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.always_match"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#494-497">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.always_match"class="fn">always_match</a>() -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<aclass="struct"href="struct.PikeVM.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM">PikeVM</a>, <aclass="struct"href="../struct.BuildError.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::BuildError">BuildError</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Create a new <code>PikeVM</code> that matches every input.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.never_match"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#513-516">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.never_match"class="fn">never_match</a>() -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<aclass="struct"href="struct.PikeVM.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM">PikeVM</a>, <aclass="struct"href="../struct.BuildError.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::BuildError">BuildError</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Create a new <code>PikeVM</code> that never matches any input.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.config"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#552-554">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.config"class="fn">config</a>() -><aclass="struct"href="struct.Config.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Config">Config</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Return a default configuration for a <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
<p>This is a convenience routine to avoid needing to import the <code>Config</code>
type when customizing the construction of a <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.builder"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#586-588">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.builder"class="fn">builder</a>() -><aclass="struct"href="struct.Builder.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Builder">Builder</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Return a builder for configuring the construction of a <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
<p>This is a convenience routine to avoid needing to import the
<ahref="struct.Builder.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Builder"><code>Builder</code></a> type in common cases.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.create_captures"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#600-602">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.create_captures"class="fn">create_captures</a>(&self) -><aclass="struct"href="../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html"title="struct regex_automata::util::captures::Captures">Captures</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Create a new empty set of capturing groups that is guaranteed to be
valid for the search APIs on this <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
<p>A <code>Captures</code> value created for a specific <code>PikeVM</code> cannot be used with
any other <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
<p>This is a convenience function for <ahref="../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html#method.all"title="associated function regex_automata::util::captures::Captures::all"><code>Captures::all</code></a>. See the
<ahref="../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html"title="struct regex_automata::util::captures::Captures"><code>Captures</code></a> documentation for an explanation of its alternative
constructors that permit the <code>PikeVM</code> to do less work during a search,
and thus might make it faster.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.create_cache"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#610-612">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.create_cache"class="fn">create_cache</a>(&self) -><aclass="struct"href="struct.Cache.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Cache">Cache</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Create a new cache for this <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
<p>The cache returned should only be used for searches for this
<code>PikeVM</code>. If you want to reuse the cache for another <code>PikeVM</code>, then
you must call <ahref="struct.Cache.html#method.reset"title="method regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Cache::reset"><code>Cache::reset</code></a> with that <code>PikeVM</code> (or, equivalently,
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.reset_cache"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#651-653">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.reset_cache"class="fn">reset_cache</a>(&self, cache: &mut <aclass="struct"href="struct.Cache.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Cache">Cache</a>)</h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Reset the given cache such that it can be used for searching with the
this <code>PikeVM</code> (and only this <code>PikeVM</code>).</p>
<p>A cache reset permits reusing memory already allocated in this cache
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.pattern_len"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#691-693">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.pattern_len"class="fn">pattern_len</a>(&self) -><aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/std/primitive.usize.html">usize</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Returns the total number of patterns compiled into this <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
<p>In the case of a <code>PikeVM</code> that contains no patterns, this returns <code>0</code>.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.get_config"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#697-699">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.get_config"class="fn">get_config</a>(&self) ->&<aclass="struct"href="struct.Config.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Config">Config</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Return the config for this <code>PikeVM</code>.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.get_nfa"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#703-705">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.get_nfa"class="fn">get_nfa</a>(&self) ->&<aclass="struct"href="../struct.NFA.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::NFA">NFA</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Returns a reference to the underlying NFA.</p>
) -><aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/std/primitive.bool.html">bool</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Returns true if and only if this <code>PikeVM</code> matches the given haystack.</p>
<p>This routine may short circuit if it knows that scanning future
input will never lead to a different result. In particular, if the
underlying NFA enters a match state, then this routine will return
<code>true</code> immediately without inspecting any future input. (Consider how
this might make a difference given the regex <code>a+</code> on the haystack
<code>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</code>. This routine can stop after it sees the first <code>a</code>,
but routines like <code>find</code> need to continue searching because <code>+</code> is
) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/option/enum.Option.html"title="enum core::option::Option">Option</a><<aclass="struct"href="../../../struct.Match.html"title="struct regex_automata::Match">Match</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Executes a leftmost forward search and returns a <code>Match</code> if one exists.</p>
<p>This routine only includes the overall match span. To get access to the
individual spans of each capturing group, use <ahref="struct.PikeVM.html#method.captures"title="method regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM::captures"><code>PikeVM::captures</code></a>.</p>
)</h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Executes a leftmost forward search and writes the spans of capturing
groups that participated in a match into the provided <ahref="../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html"title="struct regex_automata::util::captures::Captures"><code>Captures</code></a>
value. If no match was found, then <ahref="../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html#method.is_match"title="method regex_automata::util::captures::Captures::is_match"><code>Captures::is_match</code></a> is guaranteed
) -><aclass="struct"href="struct.FindMatches.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::FindMatches">FindMatches</a><'r, 'c, 'h><ahref="#"class="tooltip"data-notable-ty="FindMatches<'r, 'c, 'h>">ⓘ</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Returns an iterator over all non-overlapping leftmost matches in the
given bytes. If no match exists, then the iterator yields no elements.</p>
) -><aclass="struct"href="struct.CapturesMatches.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::CapturesMatches">CapturesMatches</a><'r, 'c, 'h><ahref="#"class="tooltip"data-notable-ty="CapturesMatches<'r, 'c, 'h>">ⓘ</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Returns an iterator over all non-overlapping <code>Captures</code> values. If no
match exists, then the iterator yields no elements.</p>
<p>This yields the same matches as <ahref="struct.PikeVM.html#method.find_iter"title="method regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM::find_iter"><code>PikeVM::find_iter</code></a>, but it includes
the spans of all capturing groups that participate in each match.</p>
<p><strong>Tip:</strong> See <ahref="../../../util/iter/struct.Searcher.html"title="struct regex_automata::util::iter::Searcher"><code>util::iter::Searcher</code></a> for
how to correctly iterate over all matches in a haystack while avoiding
the creation of a new <code>Captures</code> value for every match. (Which you are
</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="impl-PikeVM-2"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#943-1216">source</a><ahref="#impl-PikeVM-2"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl <aclass="struct"href="struct.PikeVM.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM">PikeVM</a></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.search"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/pikevm.rs.html#1020-1029">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.search"class="fn">search</a>(&self, cache: &mut <aclass="struct"href="struct.Cache.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::Cache">Cache</a>, input: &<aclass="struct"href="../../../struct.Input.html"title="struct regex_automata::Input">Input</a><'_>, caps: &mut <aclass="struct"href="../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html"title="struct regex_automata::util::captures::Captures">Captures</a>)</h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Executes a leftmost forward search and writes the spans of capturing
groups that participated in a match into the provided <ahref="../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html"title="struct regex_automata::util::captures::Captures"><code>Captures</code></a>
value. If no match was found, then <ahref="../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html#method.is_match"title="method regex_automata::util::captures::Captures::is_match"><code>Captures::is_match</code></a> is guaranteed
to return <code>false</code>.</p>
<p>This is like <ahref="struct.PikeVM.html#method.captures"title="method regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM::captures"><code>PikeVM::captures</code></a>, but it accepts a concrete <code>&Input</code>
instead of an <code>Into<Input></code>.</p>
<h5id="example-specific-pattern-search"><ahref="#example-specific-pattern-search">Example: specific pattern search</a></h5>
<p>This example shows how to build a multi-PikeVM that permits searching
<h5id="example-specifying-the-bounds-of-a-search"><ahref="#example-specifying-the-bounds-of-a-search">Example: specifying the bounds of a search</a></h5>
<p>This example shows how providing the bounds of a search can produce
different results than simply sub-slicing the haystack.</p>
) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/option/enum.Option.html"title="enum core::option::Option">Option</a><<aclass="struct"href="../../../struct.PatternID.html"title="struct regex_automata::PatternID">PatternID</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Executes a leftmost forward search and writes the spans of capturing
groups that participated in a match into the provided <code>slots</code>, and
returns the matching pattern ID. The contents of the slots for patterns
other than the matching pattern are unspecified. If no match was found,
then <code>None</code> is returned and the contents of <code>slots</code> is unspecified.</p>
<p>This is like <ahref="struct.PikeVM.html#method.search"title="method regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::PikeVM::search"><code>PikeVM::search</code></a>, but it accepts a raw slots slice
instead of a <code>Captures</code> value. This is useful in contexts where you
don’t want or need to allocate a <code>Captures</code>.</p>
<p>It is legal to pass <em>any</em> number of slots to this routine. If the regex
engine would otherwise write a slot offset that doesn’t fit in the
provided slice, then it is simply skipped. In general though, there are
usually three slice lengths you might want to use:</p>
<ul>
<li>An empty slice, if you only care about which pattern matched.</li>
slots, if you only care about the overall match spans for each matching
pattern.</li>
<li>A slice with
<ahref="../../../util/captures/struct.GroupInfo.html#method.slot_len"title="method regex_automata::util::captures::GroupInfo::slot_len"><code>slot_len()</code></a> slots, which
permits recording match offsets for every capturing group in every
)</h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Writes the set of patterns that match anywhere in the given search
configuration to <code>patset</code>. If multiple patterns match at the same
position and this <code>PikeVM</code> was configured with <ahref="../../../enum.MatchKind.html#variant.All"title="variant regex_automata::MatchKind::All"><code>MatchKind::All</code></a>
semantics, then all matching patterns are written to the given set.</p>
<p>Unless all of the patterns in this <code>PikeVM</code> are anchored, then
generally speaking, this will visit every byte in the haystack.</p>
<p>This search routine <em>does not</em> clear the pattern set. This gives some
flexibility to the caller (e.g., running multiple searches with the
same pattern set), but does make the API bug-prone if you’re reusing
the same pattern set for multiple searches but intended them to be
independent.</p>
<p>If a pattern ID matched but the given <code>PatternSet</code> does not have
sufficient capacity to store it, then it is not inserted and silently
<p>That is, this conversion is whatever the implementation of
<code><ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.From.html"title="trait core::convert::From">From</a><T> for U</code> chooses to do.</p>
</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-ToOwned-for-T"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/src/alloc/borrow.rs.html#83-85">source</a><ahref="#impl-ToOwned-for-T"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<T><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html"title="trait alloc::borrow::ToOwned">ToOwned</a> for T<divclass="where">where
T: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/clone/trait.Clone.html"title="trait core::clone::Clone">Clone</a>,</div></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Owned"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Owned"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#associatedtype.Owned"class="associatedtype">Owned</a> = T</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>The resulting type after obtaining ownership.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.to_owned"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/src/alloc/borrow.rs.html#88">source</a><ahref="#method.to_owned"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#tymethod.to_owned"class="fn">to_owned</a>(&self) -> T</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Creates owned data from borrowed data, usually by cloning. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#tymethod.to_owned">Read more</a></div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.clone_into"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/src/alloc/borrow.rs.html#92">source</a><ahref="#method.clone_into"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#method.clone_into"class="fn">clone_into</a>(&self, target: <aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/std/primitive.reference.html">&mut T</a>)</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Uses borrowed data to replace owned data, usually by cloning. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#method.clone_into">Read more</a></div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-TryFrom%3CU%3E-for-T"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#803-805">source</a><ahref="#impl-TryFrom%3CU%3E-for-T"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<T, U><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><U> for T<divclass="where">where
U: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.Into.html"title="trait core::convert::Into">Into</a><T>,</div></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype">Error</a> = <aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/enum.Infallible.html"title="enum core::convert::Infallible">Infallible</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>The type returned in the event of a conversion error.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.try_from"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#810">source</a><ahref="#method.try_from"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#tymethod.try_from"class="fn">try_from</a>(value: U) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><T, <T as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><U>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"title="type core::convert::TryFrom::Error">Error</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Performs the conversion.</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-TryInto%3CU%3E-for-T"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#788-790">source</a><ahref="#impl-TryInto%3CU%3E-for-T"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<T, U><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html"title="trait core::convert::TryInto">TryInto</a><U> for T<divclass="where">where
U: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>,</div></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Error-1"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error-1"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html#associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype">Error</a> = <U as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"title="type core::convert::TryFrom::Error">Error</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>The type returned in the event of a conversion error.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.try_into"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#795">source</a><ahref="#method.try_into"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html#tymethod.try_into"class="fn">try_into</a>(self) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><U, <U as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"title="type core::convert::TryFrom::Error">Error</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Performs the conversion.</div></details></div></details></div><scripttype="text/json"id="notable-traits-data">{"CapturesMatches<'r, 'c, 'h>":"<h3>Notable traits for <code><a class=\"struct\" href=\"struct.CapturesMatches.html\" title=\"struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::CapturesMatches\">CapturesMatches</a><'r, 'c, 'h></code></h3><pre><code><div class=\"where\">impl<'r, 'c, 'h> <a class=\"trait\" href=\"https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/iter/traits/iterator/trait.Iterator.html\" title=\"trait core::iter::traits::iterator::Iterator\">Iterator</a> for <a class=\"struct\" href=\"struct.CapturesMatches.html\" title=\"struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::CapturesMatches\">CapturesMatches</a><'r, 'c, 'h></div><div class=\"where\"> type <a href=\"https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/iter/traits/iterator/trait.Iterator.html#associatedtype.Item\" class=\"associatedtype\">Item</a> = <a class=\"struct\" href=\"../../../util/captures/struct.Captures.html\" title=\"struct regex_automata::util::captures::Captures\">Captures</a>;</div>","FindMatches<'r, 'c, 'h>":"<h3>Notable traits for <code><a class=\"struct\" href=\"struct.FindMatches.html\" title=\"struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::FindMatches\">FindMatches</a><'r, 'c, 'h></code></h3><pre><code><div class=\"where\">impl<'r, 'c, 'h> <a class=\"trait\" href=\"https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/iter/traits/iterator/trait.Iterator.html\" title=\"trait core::iter::traits::iterator::Iterator\">Iterator</a> for <a class=\"struct\" href=\"struct.FindMatches.html\" title=\"struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::pikevm::FindMatches\">FindMatches</a><'r, 'c, 'h></div><div class=\"where\"> type <a href=\"https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.76.0/core/iter/traits/iterator/trait.Iterator.html#associatedtype.Item\" class=\"associatedtype\">Item</a> = <a class=\"struct\" href=\"../../../struct.Match.html\" title=\"struct regex_automata::Match\">Match</a>;</div>"}</script></section></div></main></body></html>
