Java java.util.regex Matcher fields, constructors, methods, implement or subclass

Introduction

In this page you can find the methods, fields and constructors for java.util.regex Matcher.

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Field

boolean	hitEnd Boolean indicating whether or not more input could change the results of the last match.

Method

Matcher	appendReplacement(StringBuffer sb, String replacement) Implements a non-terminal append-and-replace step.
Matcher	appendReplacement(StringBuilder sb, String replacement) Implements a non-terminal append-and-replace step.
StringBuffer	appendTail(StringBuffer sb) Implements a terminal append-and-replace step.
StringBuilder	appendTail(StringBuilder sb) Implements a terminal append-and-replace step.
int	end() Returns the offset after the last character matched.
int	end(int group) Returns the offset after the last character of the subsequence captured by the given group during the previous match operation.
int	end(String name) Returns the offset after the last character of the subsequence captured by the given named-capturing group during the previous match operation.
boolean	find() Attempts to find the next subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern.
boolean	find(int start) Resets this matcher and then attempts to find the next subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern, starting at the specified index.
String	group() Returns the input subsequence matched by the previous match.
String	group(int group) Returns the input subsequence captured by the given group during the previous match operation.
String	group(String name) Returns the input subsequence captured by the given named-capturing group during the previous match operation.
int	groupCount() Returns the number of capturing groups in this matcher's pattern.
boolean	lookingAt() Attempts to match the input sequence, starting at the beginning of the region, against the pattern.
boolean	matches() Attempts to match the entire region against the pattern.
Pattern	pattern() Returns the pattern that is interpreted by this matcher.
String	quoteReplacement(String s) Returns a literal replacement String for the specified String .
Matcher	region(int start, int end) Sets the limits of this matcher's region.
int	regionEnd() Reports the end index (exclusive) of this matcher's region.
int	regionStart() Reports the start index of this matcher's region.
String	replaceAll(String replacement) Replaces every subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern with the given replacement string.
String	replaceAll(Function replacer) Replaces every subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern with the result of applying the given replacer function to the match result of this matcher corresponding to that subsequence.
String	replaceFirst(String replacement) Replaces the first subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern with the given replacement string.
String	replaceFirst(Function replacer) Replaces the first subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern with the result of applying the given replacer function to the match result of this matcher corresponding to that subsequence.
Matcher	reset() Resets this matcher.
Matcher	reset(CharSequence input) Resets this matcher with a new input sequence.
int	start(int group) Returns the start index of the subsequence captured by the given group during the previous match operation.
int	start(String name) Returns the start index of the subsequence captured by the given named-capturing group during the previous match operation.
int	start() Returns the start index of the previous match.
MatchResult	toMatchResult() Returns the match state of this matcher as a MatchResult .
String	toString() Returns the string representation of this matcher.
Matcher	useAnchoringBounds(boolean b) Sets the anchoring of region bounds for this matcher.
Matcher	usePattern(Pattern newPattern) Changes the Pattern that this Matcher uses to find matches with.
Matcher	useTransparentBounds(boolean b) Sets the transparency of region bounds for this matcher.