/**
* Creates a copy of this element. The copy will be an
* instance of the same class matching the same strings.
* Copies of elements are necessary to allow elements to cache
* intermediate results while matching strings without
* interfering with other threads.
*
* @return a copy of this element
*/
public override object Clone()
{
return(new RepeatElement((Element)elem.Clone(),
min,
max,
type));
}
/**
* Creates a new matcher for the specified look-ahead
* character input stream.
*
* @param buffer the character input buffer
*
* @return the regular expresion matcher
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public Matcher Matcher(ReaderBuffer buffer)
{
return(new Matcher((Element)element.Clone(), buffer, ignoreCase));
}