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See:
Description
| MatchResult | The result of a match operation. |
| Matcher | An engine that performs match operations on aPattern. |
| Pattern | A compiled representation of a regular expression. |
| PatternSyntaxException | Unchecked exception thrown to indicate a syntax error in a regular-expression pattern. |
Classes for matching character sequences against patterns specified by regularexpressions.
An instance of thePattern class represents aregular expression that is specified in string form in a syntax similar tothat used by Perl.
Instances of theMatcher class are used to matchcharacter sequences against a given pattern. Input is provided to matchers viatheCharSequence interface in order to support matchingagainst characters from a wide variety of input sources.
Unless otherwise noted, passing anull argument to a methodin any class or interface in this package will cause aNullPointerException to be thrown.
An excellent tutorial and overview of regular expressions isMastering RegularExpressions, Jeffrey E. F. Friedl, O'Reilly and Associates, 1997.
| Java™ Platform Standard Ed. 6 | ||||||||||