Java tutorial
/* * Copyright 2017 Bubblebear Apps Ltd. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package uk.co.bubblebearapps.samplebot; import com.google.common.base.Strings; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class HexValidator { private static final String HEX_PATTERN = "^#([A-Fa-f0-9]{6}|[A-Fa-f0-9]{3})$"; private static Pattern pattern; static { pattern = Pattern.compile(HEX_PATTERN); } private HexValidator() { } /** * Validate hex with regular expression * * @param hex hex for validation * @return true valid hex, false invalid hex */ public static boolean validate(final String hex) { if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(hex)) { return false; } Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(hex); return matcher.matches(); } }