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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><aclass="struct"href="#">Compiler</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/compiler.rs.html#696-714">source</a> · <buttonid="toggle-all-docs"title="collapse all docs">[<span>−</span>]</button></span></div><preclass="rust item-decl"><code>pub struct Compiler { <spanclass="comment">/* private fields */</span> }</code></pre><detailsclass="toggle top-doc"open><summaryclass="hideme"><span>Expand description</span></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>A builder for compiling an NFA from a regex’s high-level intermediate
representation (HIR).</p>
<p>This compiler provides a way to translate a parsed regex pattern into an
NFA state graph. The NFA state graph can either be used directly to execute
a search (e.g., with a Pike VM), or it can be further used to build a DFA.</p>
<p>This compiler provides APIs both for compiling regex patterns directly from
their concrete syntax, or via a <ahref="../../../regex_syntax/hir/struct.Hir.html"title="struct regex_syntax::hir::Hir"><code>regex_syntax::hir::Hir</code></a>.</p>
<p>This compiler has various options that may be configured via
<p>Note that a compiler is not the same as a <ahref="struct.Builder.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::Builder"><code>thompson::Builder</code></a>.
A <code>Builder</code> provides a lower level API that is uncoupled from a regex
pattern’s concrete syntax or even its HIR. Instead, it permits stitching
together an NFA by hand. See its docs for examples.</p>
<h2id="example-compilation-from-concrete-syntax"><aclass="doc-anchor"href="#example-compilation-from-concrete-syntax">§</a>Example: compilation from concrete syntax</h2>
</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-Compiler"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/compiler.rs.html#716-931">source</a><ahref="#impl-Compiler"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl <aclass="struct"href="struct.Compiler.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::Compiler">Compiler</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/compiler.rs.html#718-727">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.new"class="fn">new</a>() -><aclass="struct"href="struct.Compiler.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::Compiler">Compiler</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Create a new NFA builder with its default configuration.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.build"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/compiler.rs.html#756-758">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.build"class="fn">build</a>(&self, pattern: &<aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/std/primitive.str.html">str</a>) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<aclass="struct"href="struct.NFA.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::NFA">NFA</a>, <aclass="struct"href="struct.BuildError.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::BuildError">BuildError</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Compile the given regular expression pattern into an NFA.</p>
) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<aclass="struct"href="struct.NFA.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::NFA">NFA</a>, <aclass="struct"href="struct.BuildError.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::BuildError">BuildError</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Compile the given regular expression patterns into a single NFA.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.build_from_hir"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/compiler.rs.html#836-838">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.build_from_hir"class="fn">build_from_hir</a>(&self, expr: &<aclass="struct"href="../../../regex_syntax/hir/struct.Hir.html"title="struct regex_syntax::hir::Hir">Hir</a>) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<aclass="struct"href="struct.NFA.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::NFA">NFA</a>, <aclass="struct"href="struct.BuildError.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::BuildError">BuildError</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Compile the given high level intermediate representation of a regular
) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<aclass="struct"href="struct.NFA.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::NFA">NFA</a>, <aclass="struct"href="struct.BuildError.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::BuildError">BuildError</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Compile the given high level intermediate representations of regular
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.configure"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/compiler.rs.html#897-900">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.configure"class="fn">configure</a>(&mut self, config: <aclass="struct"href="struct.Config.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::Config">Config</a>) ->&mut <aclass="struct"href="struct.Compiler.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::Compiler">Compiler</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Apply the given NFA configuration options to this builder.</p>
</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.syntax"class="method"><aclass="src rightside"href="../../../src/regex_automata/nfa/thompson/compiler.rs.html#924-930">source</a><h4class="code-header">pub fn <ahref="#method.syntax"class="fn">syntax</a>(&mut self, config: <aclass="struct"href="../../util/syntax/struct.Config.html"title="struct regex_automata::util::syntax::Config">Config</a>) ->&mut <aclass="struct"href="struct.Compiler.html"title="struct regex_automata::nfa::thompson::Compiler">Compiler</a></h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Set the syntax configuration for this builder using
<code><ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#method.clone_into"class="fn">clone_into</a>(&self, target: <aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#804-806">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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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-1"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error-1"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype">Error</a> = <aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#811">source</a><ahref="#method.try_from"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#tymethod.try_from"class="fn">try_from</a>(value: U) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><T, <T as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><U>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#789-791">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/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/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"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html#associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype">Error</a> = <U as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/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/1.77.1/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#796">source</a><ahref="#method.try_into"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html#tymethod.try_into"class="fn">try_into</a>(self) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><U, <U as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.77.1/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></section></div></main></body></html>
