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<refentry xml:id="function.aggregate-methods-by-regexp" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>aggregate_methods_by_regexp</refname>
  <refpurpose>
   Selective class methods aggregation to an object using a regular
   expression
  </refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>void</type><methodname>aggregate_methods_by_regexp</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>object</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>class_name</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>regexp</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>exclude</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Aggregates methods from a class to an existing object using a regular
   expression to match method names. 
  </para>
  <para>
   The class constructor or methods whose names start with an underscore
   character (_), which are considered private to the aggregated class, are
   always excluded.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>object</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>class_name</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>regexp</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>exclude</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The optional parameter <parameter>exclude</parameter> is used to
       decide whether the regular expression will select the names of methods
       to include in the aggregation (i.e. <parameter>exclude</parameter> is
       &false;, which is the default value), or to exclude from the
       aggregation (<parameter>exclude</parameter> is &true;).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.void;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>aggregate</function></member>
    <member><function>aggregate_info</function></member>
    <member><function>aggregate_methods</function></member>
    <member><function>aggregate_methods_by_list</function></member>
    <member><function>aggregate_properties</function></member>
    <member><function>aggregate_properties_by_list</function></member>
    <member><function>aggregate_properties_by_regexp</function></member>
    <member><function>deaggregate</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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