The API consists of three classes–Pattern, Matcher, and PatternSyntaxException–all located in the java.util.regex package: Pattern objects, also known as patterns , are compiled regexes.

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Better late than never of course, and Sun has jumped into the regex world with both feet. The java.util.regex package is breathtaking in the thoroughness of its implementation and, as always, is ...