Regular Expression Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition

Name

java.util.regex.Matcher

Description

Models a stateful regular expression pattern matcher and pattern matching results.

Methods

Matcher appendReplacement(StringBuffersb, Stringreplacement)

Append substring preceding match and replacement to sb.

StringBuffer appendTail(StringBuffersb)

Append substring following end of match to sb.

int end( )

Index of the first character after the end of the match.

int end(intgroup)

Index of the first character after the text captured by group.

boolean find( )

Find the next match in the input string.

boolean find(intstart)

Find the next match after character position start.

String group( )

Text matched by this Pattern.

String group(intgroup)

Text captured by capture group group.

int groupCount( )

Number of capturing groups in Pattern.

boolean hasAnchoringBounds( )

Return true if this Matcher uses anchoring bounds so that anchor operators match at the region boundaries, not just at the start and end of the target string.

boolean hasTransparentBounds( )

True if this Matcher uses transparent bounds so that lookaround operators can see outside the current search bounds. Defaults to false.

boolean hitEnd( )

True if the last match attempts to inspect beyond the end of the input. In scanners, this is an indication that more input may have resulted in a longer match.

boolean lookingAt( )

True if the pattern matches at the beginning of the input.

boolean matches( )

Return true if Pattern matches entire input string.

Pattern pattern( )

Return Pattern object used by this Matcher.

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