Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static String replaceHtmlTag(String str, String beforeTag, String tagAttrib, String startTag, String endTag) { String regxpForTag = "<\\s*" + beforeTag + "\\s+([^>]*)\\s*>"; String regxpForTagAttrib = tagAttrib + "=\"([^\"]+)\""; Pattern patternForTag = Pattern.compile(regxpForTag); Pattern patternForAttrib = Pattern.compile(regxpForTagAttrib); Matcher matcherForTag = patternForTag.matcher(str); StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); boolean result = matcherForTag.find(); while (result) { StringBuffer sbreplace = new StringBuffer(); Matcher matcherForAttrib = patternForAttrib.matcher(matcherForTag.group(1)); if (matcherForAttrib.find()) { matcherForAttrib.appendReplacement(sbreplace, startTag + matcherForAttrib.group(1) + endTag); } matcherForTag.appendReplacement(sb, sbreplace.toString()); result = matcherForTag.find(); } matcherForTag.appendTail(sb); return sb.toString(); } }