Pattern
Class Pattern
- java.lang.Object
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- java.util.regex.Pattern
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Serializable
public final class Pattern extends Object implements Serializable
A compiled representation of a regular expression.
A regular expression, specified as a string, must first be compiled into an instance of this class. The resulting pattern can then be used to create a Matcher object that can match arbitrary character sequences against the regular expression. All of the state involved in performing a match resides in the matcher, so many matchers can share