Java - Write code to check if a string contains Special Character using regex

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Write code to check if a string contains Special Character using regex

Demo

//package com.book2s;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        String str = "book2s.com";
        System.out.println(containSpecialCharacter(str));
    }/*from w ww. j av  a2s.  c om*/

    public static boolean containSpecialCharacter(String str)
            throws PatternSyntaxException {

        String regEx = "[`~!@#$%^&*()+=|{}':;',\\[\\].<>/?~??@#?%??&*????+|{}???????????????]";
        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regEx);
        Matcher m = p.matcher(str);
        if (m.find()) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}