Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions - Java - page 136

System . out . println ( "'" + pattern + "'" +
( found ? " matches '" : " doesn't match '" ) + in + "'" );

}

}

}

The java.util.regex package consists of two classes, Pattern and Matcher , which
provide the public API shown in Example 4-1 .

Example 4-1. Regex public API
/** The main public API of the java.util.regex package.
* Prepared by javap and Ian Darwin.
*/

package package java . util . regex ;

public public final Pattern {

// Flags values ('or' together)
public

final class class Pattern

public static int

UNIX_LINES , CASE_INSENSITIVE , COMMENTS , MULTILINE ,
DOTALL , UNICODE_CASE , CANON_EQ ;
// No public constructors; use these Factory methods
public

static final final int

public static static Pattern compile ( String patt );

public public static int flags );

// Method to get a Matcher for this Pattern
public

static Pattern compile ( String patt , int

public Matcher matcher ( CharSequence input );
// Information methods
public public String pattern ();

public

public int int flags ();

// Convenience methods
public public static static boolean boolean matches ( String pattern , CharSequence input );

public public String [] split ( CharSequence input );

public public String [] split ( CharSequence input , int int max );

}

public public final Matcher {

// Action: find or match methods
public

final class class Matcher

public boolean boolean matches ();

public public boolean boolean find ();

public public boolean boolean find ( int int start );

public public boolean boolean lookingAt ();

// "Information about the previous match" methods
public public int int start ();