Index

Map, 191

MappedByteBuffers, 195

matcher method, 63, 232

Matcher object

appendReplacement method, 98–102

appendTail method, 103

and back references, 123

date validation with, 44–46

end method, 81–86, 83–86

find method, 93–96

and finding duplicate words, 38–40

group method, 86–87

groupCount method, 90–91

and groups, 71–72

lookingAt method, 96–98

matcher method, 63

matches method, 91–92

overview, 70–71

pattern method, 73

and Pattern.matches method, 64–65

replaceAll method, 103–5

replaceFirst method, 105–6

reset method, 73–76

start method, 77–81

vs. String.matches method, 53

and String.replaceAll method, 109

and String.replaceFirst method, 108

matcher(CharSequence input) method, 63

matchers, defining, 3–4

matches

specifying postion of, 139

specifying size of, 140

matches method, 53, 91–92, 238

matches(String regex, CharSequence input) method, 64

matches(String regex,CharSequence input) method, 64–65, 233–34

matches(String regex) method, 107–8

MatchNameFormats.java program, 30

metacharacters, 5

Method class methods, 236–39

modifying contents of files, 196–99

MULTILINE flag, 58, 228–29