EvidenceMatcher (Dependency-Check Core 12.1.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.owasp.dependencycheck.xml.hints.EvidenceMatcher

```
public class EvidenceMatcher
extends java.lang.Object
```
EvidenceMatcher can match one or more Evidences. By using regular expressions for some fields and allowing omission of Evidence fields it can be used to match more than one occurrence of evidence to enable hints that work for a range of similar false positives/false negatives. The EvidenceMatcher is used for processing Evidences of a project's dependencies in conjunction with the <given> and <remove> clauses of the hints file.

Author:

Hans Aikema

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`EvidenceMatcher(java.lang.String source, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value, boolean regex, Confidence confidence)`	Creates a new EvidenceMatcher objects.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`matches(Evidence evidence)`	Tests whether the given Evidence matches this EvidenceMatcher.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Standard toString() implementation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - EvidenceMatcher
```
public EvidenceMatcher(java.lang.String source,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.String value,
                       boolean regex,
                       Confidence confidence)
```
    Creates a new EvidenceMatcher objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source of the evidence, a source that is null indicates any source should match.
    
    name - the non-null name of the evidence.
    
    value - the non-null value of the evidence.
    
    regex - whether value is a regex.
    
    confidence - the confidence of the evidence, a confidence that is null indicates any confidence should match.
- Method Detail
  - matches
```
public boolean matches(Evidence evidence)
```
    Tests whether the given Evidence matches this EvidenceMatcher.
    
    Parameters:
    
    evidence - the evidence to match
    
    Returns:
    
    whether the evidence matches this matcher
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Standard toString() implementation.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the string representation of the object