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 <refentry id="function.aggregate-methods-by-regexp">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>aggregate_methods_by_regexp</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Selective class methods aggregation to an object using a regular
     expression
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <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. 
     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>
     <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>
    <simpara>
     See also 
     <function>aggregate</function>,
     <function>aggregate_info</function>,
     <function>aggregate_methods</function>,
     <function>aggregate_methods_by_list</function>,
     <function>aggregate_properties</function>,
     <function>aggregate_properties_by_list</function>,
     <function>aggregate_properties_by_regexp</function>,
     <function>deaggregate</function>
    </simpara>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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