Index

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saveXML method, 151

searchFile method, 194

searching, 46–48

directory for file containing expression, 203–7

files, 192–96

strings, 189–92

searchString method, 192

split(CharSequence input, int limit) method, 68–70, 235–36

split(CharSequence input) method, 65–68, 234–35

split(String regex, int limit) method, 110–12

split(String regex) method, 109–10

splitting strings, 48–51

start method, 77–78, 97

and find method, 93

and group method, 87

and replaceFirst method, 106

start(int group) method, 78–81, 237

storing patterns externally, 146–60

not using normal property file, 147–48

not using XML, 148–52

overview, 146–47

using FileChannels and ByteBuffers, 152–60

String object, 106–12

and common characters, 11

delimiting strings, 106–7

group method, 86–90

and groups, 71, 72

indexOf method, 113, 160

matcher method, 43

matches method, 15, 53

matches(regex) method, 38

matches(String regex,CharSequence input) method, 64

matches(String regex) method, 22, 45, 107–8

modification of, 52

replaceAll method, 103–5, 109, 175

replaceFirst method, 108, 108–9

split method, 68, 113, 114, 185

split(CharSequence input, int limit) method, 68–70

split(CharSequence input) method, 65–68

split(String regex, int limit) method, 110–12

split(String regex) method, 109–10

substring method, 46, 87

StringBuffer object, 98, 99, 100–101, 103

strings

data validation with, 42–44

prechecking candidate strings, 138

searching, 189–92

splitting, 48–51

StringTokenizer, 1, 109, 163

subgroups, 119–22

substrings method, 46

syntax of regular expressions, 7–20

back references, 20–21

boundary characters, 11–12

character classes, 15–17

common characters, 9–11

groups, 18–19

overview, 7

quantifiers and alternates, 12–15

reading patterns, 8–9