Interface LiteralSearchOptions

Trim whitespace from string value before transforming and escaping

How the literal search value expression should be built IE how to search for the value in a string:

• 'exact' => tested string must match the search value exactly
• 'contains' => search value must be present somewhere within the tested string
• 'startsWith' => search value must be present at the beginning of the tested string
• 'endsWith' => search value must be present at the end of the tested string

Default flags to set on the parsed regex or literal search expression

One or more search-and-replace criteria used to transform the string value before using it as the literal search expression

A search-and-replace criteria used to escape the string value before it is inserted into the literal search expression. A default escape function is provided.

A caching implementation for caching unique regex strings + behavior + default flags