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26
27package java.util.regex;
28
29import dalvik.annotation.optimization.ReachabilitySensitive;
30import libcore.util.NativeAllocationRegistry;
31
32import java.util.Iterator;
33import java.util.ArrayList;
34import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
35import java.util.Spliterator;
36import java.util.Spliterators;
37import java.util.function.Predicate;
38import java.util.stream.Stream;
39import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
40
41import libcore.util.EmptyArray;
42
43// Android-changed: Add min API level of 26 for the named capaturing in javadoc
44/**
45 * A compiled representation of a regular expression.
46 *
47 * <p> A regular expression, specified as a string, must first be compiled into
48 * an instance of this class.  The resulting pattern can then be used to create
49 * a {@link Matcher} object that can match arbitrary {@link
50 * java.lang.CharSequence </code>character sequences<code>} against the regular
51 * expression.  All of the state involved in performing a match resides in the
52 * matcher, so many matchers can share the same pattern.
53 *
54 * <p> A typical invocation sequence is thus
55 *
56 * <blockquote><pre>
57 * Pattern p = Pattern.{@link #compile compile}("a*b");
58 * Matcher m = p.{@link #matcher matcher}("aaaaab");
59 * boolean b = m.{@link Matcher#matches matches}();</pre></blockquote>
60 *
61 * <p> A {@link #matches matches} method is defined by this class as a
62 * convenience for when a regular expression is used just once.  This method
63 * compiles an expression and matches an input sequence against it in a single
64 * invocation.  The statement
65 *
66 * <blockquote><pre>
67 * boolean b = Pattern.matches("a*b", "aaaaab");</pre></blockquote>
68 *
69 * is equivalent to the three statements above, though for repeated matches it
70 * is less efficient since it does not allow the compiled pattern to be reused.
71 *
72 * <p> Instances of this class are immutable and are safe for use by multiple
73 * concurrent threads.  Instances of the {@link Matcher} class are not safe for
74 * such use.
75 *
76 *
77 * <a name="sum">
78 * <h4> Summary of regular-expression constructs </h4>
79 *
80 * <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
81 *  summary="Regular expression constructs, and what they match">
82 *
83 * <tr align="left">
84 * <th bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="left" id="construct">Construct</th>
85 * <th bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="left" id="matches">Matches</th>
86 * </tr>
87 *
88 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
89 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="characters">Characters</th></tr>
90 *
91 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><i>x</i></td>
92 *     <td headers="matches">The character <i>x</i></td></tr>
93 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\\</tt></td>
94 *     <td headers="matches">The backslash character</td></tr>
95 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\0</tt><i>n</i></td>
96 *     <td headers="matches">The character with octal value <tt>0</tt><i>n</i>
97 *         (0&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;7)</td></tr>
98 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\0</tt><i>nn</i></td>
99 *     <td headers="matches">The character with octal value <tt>0</tt><i>nn</i>
100 *         (0&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;7)</td></tr>
101 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\0</tt><i>mnn</i></td>
102 *     <td headers="matches">The character with octal value <tt>0</tt><i>mnn</i>
103 *         (0&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>m</i>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;3,
104 *         0&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;7)</td></tr>
105 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\x</tt><i>hh</i></td>
106 *     <td headers="matches">The character with hexadecimal&nbsp;value&nbsp;<tt>0x</tt><i>hh</i></td></tr>
107 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>&#92;u</tt><i>hhhh</i></td>
108 *     <td headers="matches">The character with hexadecimal&nbsp;value&nbsp;<tt>0x</tt><i>hhhh</i></td></tr>
109 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>&#92;x</tt><i>{h...h}</i></td>
110 *     <td headers="matches">The character with hexadecimal&nbsp;value&nbsp;<tt>0x</tt><i>h...h</i>
111 *         ({@link java.lang.Character#MIN_CODE_POINT Character.MIN_CODE_POINT}
112 *         &nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;<tt>0x</tt><i>h...h</i>&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp
113 *          {@link java.lang.Character#MAX_CODE_POINT Character.MAX_CODE_POINT})</td></tr>
114 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="matches"><tt>\t</tt></td>
115 *     <td headers="matches">The tab character (<tt>'&#92;u0009'</tt>)</td></tr>
116 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\n</tt></td>
117 *     <td headers="matches">The newline (line feed) character (<tt>'&#92;u000A'</tt>)</td></tr>
118 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\r</tt></td>
119 *     <td headers="matches">The carriage-return character (<tt>'&#92;u000D'</tt>)</td></tr>
120 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\f</tt></td>
121 *     <td headers="matches">The form-feed character (<tt>'&#92;u000C'</tt>)</td></tr>
122 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\a</tt></td>
123 *     <td headers="matches">The alert (bell) character (<tt>'&#92;u0007'</tt>)</td></tr>
124 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\e</tt></td>
125 *     <td headers="matches">The escape character (<tt>'&#92;u001B'</tt>)</td></tr>
126 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\c</tt><i>x</i></td>
127 *     <td headers="matches">The control character corresponding to <i>x</i></td></tr>
128 *
129 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
130 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="classes">Character classes</th></tr>
131 *
132 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[abc]</tt></td>
133 *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt>, <tt>b</tt>, or <tt>c</tt> (simple class)</td></tr>
134 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[^abc]</tt></td>
135 *     <td headers="matches">Any character except <tt>a</tt>, <tt>b</tt>, or <tt>c</tt> (negation)</td></tr>
136 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-zA-Z]</tt></td>
137 *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt> through <tt>z</tt>
138 *         or <tt>A</tt> through <tt>Z</tt>, inclusive (range)</td></tr>
139 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-d[m-p]]</tt></td>
140 *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt> through <tt>d</tt>,
141 *      or <tt>m</tt> through <tt>p</tt>: <tt>[a-dm-p]</tt> (union)</td></tr>
142 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-z&&[def]]</tt></td>
143 *     <td headers="matches"><tt>d</tt>, <tt>e</tt>, or <tt>f</tt> (intersection)</tr>
144 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-z&&[^bc]]</tt></td>
145 *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt> through <tt>z</tt>,
146 *         except for <tt>b</tt> and <tt>c</tt>: <tt>[ad-z]</tt> (subtraction)</td></tr>
147 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-z&&[^m-p]]</tt></td>
148 *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt> through <tt>z</tt>,
149 *          and not <tt>m</tt> through <tt>p</tt>: <tt>[a-lq-z]</tt>(subtraction)</td></tr>
150 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
151 *
152 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="predef">Predefined character classes</th></tr>
153 *
154 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>.</tt></td>
155 *     <td headers="matches">Any character (may or may not match <a href="#lt">line terminators</a>)</td></tr>
156 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\d</tt></td>
157 *     <td headers="matches">A digit: <tt>[0-9]</tt></td></tr>
158 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\D</tt></td>
159 *     <td headers="matches">A non-digit: <tt>[^0-9]</tt></td></tr>
160 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\s</tt></td>
161 *     <td headers="matches">A whitespace character: <tt>[ \t\n\x0B\f\r]</tt></td></tr>
162 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\S</tt></td>
163 *     <td headers="matches">A non-whitespace character: <tt>[^\s]</tt></td></tr>
164 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\w</tt></td>
165 *     <td headers="matches">A word character: <tt>[a-zA-Z_0-9]</tt></td></tr>
166 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\W</tt></td>
167 *     <td headers="matches">A non-word character: <tt>[^\w]</tt></td></tr>
168 *
169 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
170 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="posix">POSIX character classes</b> (US-ASCII only)<b></th></tr>
171 *
172 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Lower}</tt></td>
173 *     <td headers="matches">A lower-case alphabetic character: <tt>[a-z]</tt></td></tr>
174 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Upper}</tt></td>
175 *     <td headers="matches">An upper-case alphabetic character:<tt>[A-Z]</tt></td></tr>
176 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{ASCII}</tt></td>
177 *     <td headers="matches">All ASCII:<tt>[\x00-\x7F]</tt></td></tr>
178 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Alpha}</tt></td>
179 *     <td headers="matches">An alphabetic character:<tt>[\p{Lower}\p{Upper}]</tt></td></tr>
180 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Digit}</tt></td>
181 *     <td headers="matches">A decimal digit: <tt>[0-9]</tt></td></tr>
182 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Alnum}</tt></td>
183 *     <td headers="matches">An alphanumeric character:<tt>[\p{Alpha}\p{Digit}]</tt></td></tr>
184 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Punct}</tt></td>
185 *     <td headers="matches">Punctuation: One of <tt>!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~</tt></td></tr>
186 *     <!-- <tt>[\!"#\$%&'\(\)\*\+,\-\./:;\<=\>\?@\[\\\]\^_`\{\|\}~]</tt>
187 *          <tt>[\X21-\X2F\X31-\X40\X5B-\X60\X7B-\X7E]</tt> -->
188 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Graph}</tt></td>
189 *     <td headers="matches">A visible character: <tt>[\p{Alnum}\p{Punct}]</tt></td></tr>
190 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Print}</tt></td>
191 *     <td headers="matches">A printable character: <tt>[\p{Graph}\x20]</tt></td></tr>
192 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Blank}</tt></td>
193 *     <td headers="matches">A space or a tab: <tt>[ \t]</tt></td></tr>
194 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Cntrl}</tt></td>
195 *     <td headers="matches">A control character: <tt>[\x00-\x1F\x7F]</tt></td></tr>
196 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{XDigit}</tt></td>
197 *     <td headers="matches">A hexadecimal digit: <tt>[0-9a-fA-F]</tt></td></tr>
198 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Space}</tt></td>
199 *     <td headers="matches">A whitespace character: <tt>[ \t\n\x0B\f\r]</tt></td></tr>
200 *
201 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
202 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2">java.lang.Character classes (simple <a href="#jcc">java character type</a>)</th></tr>
203 *
204 * <tr><td valign="top"><tt>\p{javaLowerCase}</tt></td>
205 *     <td>Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isLowerCase()</td></tr>
206 * <tr><td valign="top"><tt>\p{javaUpperCase}</tt></td>
207 *     <td>Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isUpperCase()</td></tr>
208 * <tr><td valign="top"><tt>\p{javaWhitespace}</tt></td>
209 *     <td>Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isWhitespace()</td></tr>
210 * <tr><td valign="top"><tt>\p{javaMirrored}</tt></td>
211 *     <td>Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isMirrored()</td></tr>
212 *
213 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
214 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="unicode">Classes for Unicode scripts, blocks, categories and binary properties</th></tr>
215 * * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\p{IsLatin}</tt></td>
216 *     <td headers="matches">A Latin&nbsp;script character (<a href="#usc">script</a>)</td></tr>
217 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\p{InGreek}</tt></td>
218 *     <td headers="matches">A character in the Greek&nbsp;block (<a href="#ubc">block</a>)</td></tr>
219 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\p{Lu}</tt></td>
220 *     <td headers="matches">An uppercase letter (<a href="#ucc">category</a>)</td></tr>
221 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\p{IsAlphabetic}</tt></td>
222 *     <td headers="matches">An alphabetic character (<a href="#ubpc">binary property</a>)</td></tr>
223 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\p{Sc}</tt></td>
224 *     <td headers="matches">A currency symbol</td></tr>
225 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\P{InGreek}</tt></td>
226 *     <td headers="matches">Any character except one in the Greek block (negation)</td></tr>
227 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>[\p{L}&&[^\p{Lu}]]&nbsp;</tt></td>
228 *     <td headers="matches">Any letter except an uppercase letter (subtraction)</td></tr>
229 *
230 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
231 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="bounds">Boundary matchers</th></tr>
232 *
233 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>^</tt></td>
234 *     <td headers="matches">The beginning of a line</td></tr>
235 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>$</tt></td>
236 *     <td headers="matches">The end of a line</td></tr>
237 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\b</tt></td>
238 *     <td headers="matches">A word boundary</td></tr>
239 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\B</tt></td>
240 *     <td headers="matches">A non-word boundary</td></tr>
241 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\A</tt></td>
242 *     <td headers="matches">The beginning of the input</td></tr>
243 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\G</tt></td>
244 *     <td headers="matches">The end of the previous match</td></tr>
245 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\Z</tt></td>
246 *     <td headers="matches">The end of the input but for the final
247 *         <a href="#lt">terminator</a>, if&nbsp;any</td></tr>
248 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\z</tt></td>
249 *     <td headers="matches">The end of the input</td></tr>
250 *
251 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
252 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="greedy">Greedy quantifiers</th></tr>
253 *
254 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>?</tt></td>
255 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, once or not at all</td></tr>
256 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>*</tt></td>
257 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, zero or more times</td></tr>
258 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>+</tt></td>
259 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, one or more times</td></tr>
260 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>}</tt></td>
261 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, exactly <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
262 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,}</tt></td>
263 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
264 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,</tt><i>m</i><tt>}</tt></td>
265 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> but not more than <i>m</i> times</td></tr>
266 *
267 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
268 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="reluc">Reluctant quantifiers</th></tr>
269 *
270 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>??</tt></td>
271 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, once or not at all</td></tr>
272 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>*?</tt></td>
273 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, zero or more times</td></tr>
274 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>+?</tt></td>
275 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, one or more times</td></tr>
276 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>}?</tt></td>
277 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, exactly <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
278 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,}?</tt></td>
279 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
280 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,</tt><i>m</i><tt>}?</tt></td>
281 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> but not more than <i>m</i> times</td></tr>
282 *
283 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
284 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="poss">Possessive quantifiers</th></tr>
285 *
286 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>?+</tt></td>
287 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, once or not at all</td></tr>
288 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>*+</tt></td>
289 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, zero or more times</td></tr>
290 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>++</tt></td>
291 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, one or more times</td></tr>
292 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>}+</tt></td>
293 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, exactly <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
294 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,}+</tt></td>
295 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
296 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,</tt><i>m</i><tt>}+</tt></td>
297 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> but not more than <i>m</i> times</td></tr>
298 *
299 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
300 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="logical">Logical operators</th></tr>
301 *
302 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct logical"><i>XY</i></td>
303 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i> followed by <i>Y</i></td></tr>
304 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct logical"><i>X</i><tt>|</tt><i>Y</i></td>
305 *     <td headers="matches">Either <i>X</i> or <i>Y</i></td></tr>
306 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct logical"><tt>(</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
307 *     <td headers="matches">X, as a <a href="#cg">capturing group</a></td></tr>
308 *
309 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
310 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="backref">Back references</th></tr>
311 *
312 * <tr><td valign="bottom" headers="construct backref"><tt>\</tt><i>n</i></td>
313 *     <td valign="bottom" headers="matches">Whatever the <i>n</i><sup>th</sup>
314 *     <a href="#cg">capturing group</a> matched</td></tr>
315 *
316 * <tr><td valign="bottom" headers="construct backref"><tt>\</tt><i>k</i>&lt;<i>name</i>&gt;</td>
317 *     <td valign="bottom" headers="matches">Whatever the
318 *     <a href="#groupname">named-capturing group</a> "name" matched. Only available for API 26 or above</td></tr>
319 *
320 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
321 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="quot">Quotation</th></tr>
322 *
323 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct quot"><tt>\</tt></td>
324 *     <td headers="matches">Nothing, but quotes the following character</td></tr>
325 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct quot"><tt>\Q</tt></td>
326 *     <td headers="matches">Nothing, but quotes all characters until <tt>\E</tt></td></tr>
327 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct quot"><tt>\E</tt></td>
328 *     <td headers="matches">Nothing, but ends quoting started by <tt>\Q</tt></td></tr>
329 *     <!-- Metachars: !$()*+.<>?[\]^{|} -->
330 *
331 * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
332 * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="special">Special constructs (named-capturing and non-capturing)</th></tr>
333 *
334 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?&lt;<a href="#groupname">name</a>&gt;</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
335 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, as a named-capturing group. Only available for API 26 or above.</td></tr>
336 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?:</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
337 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, as a non-capturing group</td></tr>
338 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?idmsuxU-idmsuxU)&nbsp;</tt></td>
339 *     <td headers="matches">Nothing, but turns match flags <a href="#CASE_INSENSITIVE">i</a>
340 * <a href="#UNIX_LINES">d</a> <a href="#MULTILINE">m</a> <a href="#DOTALL">s</a>
341 * <a href="#UNICODE_CASE">u</a> <a href="#COMMENTS">x</a> <a href="#UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS">U</a>
342 * on - off</td></tr>
343 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?idmsux-idmsux:</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
344 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, as a <a href="#cg">non-capturing group</a> with the
345 *         given flags <a href="#CASE_INSENSITIVE">i</a> <a href="#UNIX_LINES">d</a>
346 * <a href="#MULTILINE">m</a> <a href="#DOTALL">s</a> <a href="#UNICODE_CASE">u</a >
347 * <a href="#COMMENTS">x</a> on - off</td></tr>
348 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?=</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
349 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, via zero-width positive lookahead</td></tr>
350 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?!</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
351 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, via zero-width negative lookahead</td></tr>
352 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?&lt;=</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
353 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, via zero-width positive lookbehind</td></tr>
354 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?&lt;!</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
355 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, via zero-width negative lookbehind</td></tr>
356 * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?&gt;</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
357 *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, as an independent, non-capturing group</td></tr>
358 *
359 * </table>
360 *
361 * <hr>
362 *
363 *
364 * <a name="bs">
365 * <h4> Backslashes, escapes, and quoting </h4>
366 *
367 * <p> The backslash character (<tt>'\'</tt>) serves to introduce escaped
368 * constructs, as defined in the table above, as well as to quote characters
369 * that otherwise would be interpreted as unescaped constructs.  Thus the
370 * expression <tt>\\</tt> matches a single backslash and <tt>\{</tt> matches a
371 * left brace.
372 *
373 * <p> It is an error to use a backslash prior to any alphabetic character that
374 * does not denote an escaped construct; these are reserved for future
375 * extensions to the regular-expression language.  A backslash may be used
376 * prior to a non-alphabetic character regardless of whether that character is
377 * part of an unescaped construct.
378 *
379 * <p> Backslashes within string literals in Java source code are interpreted
380 * as required by
381 * <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>
382 * as either Unicode escapes (section 3.3) or other character escapes (section 3.10.6)
383 * It is therefore necessary to double backslashes in string
384 * literals that represent regular expressions to protect them from
385 * interpretation by the Java bytecode compiler.  The string literal
386 * <tt>"&#92;b"</tt>, for example, matches a single backspace character when
387 * interpreted as a regular expression, while <tt>"&#92;&#92;b"</tt> matches a
388 * word boundary.  The string literal <tt>"&#92;(hello&#92;)"</tt> is illegal
389 * and leads to a compile-time error; in order to match the string
390 * <tt>(hello)</tt> the string literal <tt>"&#92;&#92;(hello&#92;&#92;)"</tt>
391 * must be used.
392 *
393 * <a name="cc">
394 * <h4> Character Classes </h4>
395 *
396 *    <p> Character classes may appear within other character classes, and
397 *    may be composed by the union operator (implicit) and the intersection
398 *    operator (<tt>&amp;&amp;</tt>).
399 *    The union operator denotes a class that contains every character that is
400 *    in at least one of its operand classes.  The intersection operator
401 *    denotes a class that contains every character that is in both of its
402 *    operand classes.
403 *
404 *    <p> The precedence of character-class operators is as follows, from
405 *    highest to lowest:
406 *
407 *    <blockquote><table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
408 *                 summary="Precedence of character class operators.">
409 *      <tr><th>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
410 *        <td>Literal escape&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
411 *        <td><tt>\x</tt></td></tr>
412 *     <tr><th>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
413 *        <td>Grouping</td>
414 *        <td><tt>[...]</tt></td></tr>
415 *     <tr><th>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
416 *        <td>Range</td>
417 *        <td><tt>a-z</tt></td></tr>
418 *      <tr><th>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
419 *        <td>Union</td>
420 *        <td><tt>[a-e][i-u]</tt></td></tr>
421 *      <tr><th>5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
422 *        <td>Intersection</td>
423 *        <td><tt>[a-z&&[aeiou]]</tt></td></tr>
424 *    </table></blockquote>
425 *
426 *    <p> Note that a different set of metacharacters are in effect inside
427 *    a character class than outside a character class. For instance, the
428 *    regular expression <tt>.</tt> loses its special meaning inside a
429 *    character class, while the expression <tt>-</tt> becomes a range
430 *    forming metacharacter.
431 *
432 * <a name="lt">
433 * <h4> Line terminators </h4>
434 *
435 * <p> A <i>line terminator</i> is a one- or two-character sequence that marks
436 * the end of a line of the input character sequence.  The following are
437 * recognized as line terminators:
438 *
439 * <ul>
440 *
441 *   <li> A newline (line feed) character&nbsp;(<tt>'\n'</tt>),
442 *
443 *   <li> A carriage-return character followed immediately by a newline
444 *   character&nbsp;(<tt>"\r\n"</tt>),
445 *
446 *   <li> A standalone carriage-return character&nbsp;(<tt>'\r'</tt>),
447 *
448 *   <li> A next-line character&nbsp;(<tt>'&#92;u0085'</tt>),
449 *
450 *   <li> A line-separator character&nbsp;(<tt>'&#92;u2028'</tt>), or
451 *
452 *   <li> A paragraph-separator character&nbsp;(<tt>'&#92;u2029</tt>).
453 *
454 * </ul>
455 * <p>If {@link #UNIX_LINES} mode is activated, then the only line terminators
456 * recognized are newline characters.
457 *
458 * <p> The regular expression <tt>.</tt> matches any character except a line
459 * terminator unless the {@link #DOTALL} flag is specified.
460 *
461 * <p> By default, the regular expressions <tt>^</tt> and <tt>$</tt> ignore
462 * line terminators and only match at the beginning and the end, respectively,
463 * of the entire input sequence. If {@link #MULTILINE} mode is activated then
464 * <tt>^</tt> matches at the beginning of input and after any line terminator
465 * except at the end of input. When in {@link #MULTILINE} mode <tt>$</tt>
466 * matches just before a line terminator or the end of the input sequence.
467 *
468 * <a name="cg">
469 * <h4> Groups and capturing </h4>
470 *
471 * <a name="gnumber">
472 * <h5> Group number </h5>
473 * <p> Capturing groups are numbered by counting their opening parentheses from
474 * left to right.  In the expression <tt>((A)(B(C)))</tt>, for example, there
475 * are four such groups: </p>
476 *
477 * <blockquote><table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 summary="Capturing group numberings">
478 * <tr><th>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
479 *     <td><tt>((A)(B(C)))</tt></td></tr>
480 * <tr><th>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
481 *     <td><tt>(A)</tt></td></tr>
482 * <tr><th>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
483 *     <td><tt>(B(C))</tt></td></tr>
484 * <tr><th>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
485 *     <td><tt>(C)</tt></td></tr>
486 * </table></blockquote>
487 *
488 * <p> Group zero always stands for the entire expression.
489 *
490 * <p> Capturing groups are so named because, during a match, each subsequence
491 * of the input sequence that matches such a group is saved.  The captured
492 * subsequence may be used later in the expression, via a back reference, and
493 * may also be retrieved from the matcher once the match operation is complete.
494 *
495 * <a name="groupname">
496 * <h5> Group name </h5>
497 * <p>The constructs and APIs are available since API level 26. A capturing group
498 * can also be assigned a "name", a <tt>named-capturing group</tt>,
499 * and then be back-referenced later by the "name". Group names are composed of
500 * the following characters. The first character must be a <tt>letter</tt>.
501 *
502 * <ul>
503 *   <li> The uppercase letters <tt>'A'</tt> through <tt>'Z'</tt>
504 *        (<tt>'&#92;u0041'</tt>&nbsp;through&nbsp;<tt>'&#92;u005a'</tt>),
505 *   <li> The lowercase letters <tt>'a'</tt> through <tt>'z'</tt>
506 *        (<tt>'&#92;u0061'</tt>&nbsp;through&nbsp;<tt>'&#92;u007a'</tt>),
507 *   <li> The digits <tt>'0'</tt> through <tt>'9'</tt>
508 *        (<tt>'&#92;u0030'</tt>&nbsp;through&nbsp;<tt>'&#92;u0039'</tt>),
509 * </ul>
510 *
511 * <p> A <tt>named-capturing group</tt> is still numbered as described in
512 * <a href="#gnumber">Group number</a>.
513 *
514 * <p> The captured input associated with a group is always the subsequence
515 * that the group most recently matched.  If a group is evaluated a second time
516 * because of quantification then its previously-captured value, if any, will
517 * be retained if the second evaluation fails.  Matching the string
518 * <tt>"aba"</tt> against the expression <tt>(a(b)?)+</tt>, for example, leaves
519 * group two set to <tt>"b"</tt>.  All captured input is discarded at the
520 * beginning of each match.
521 *
522 * <p> Groups beginning with <tt>(?</tt> are either pure, <i>non-capturing</i> groups
523 * that do not capture text and do not count towards the group total, or
524 * <i>named-capturing</i> group.
525 *
526 * <h4> Unicode support </h4>
527 *
528 * <p> This class is in conformance with Level 1 of <a
529 * href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/"><i>Unicode Technical
530 * Standard #18: Unicode Regular Expression</i></a>, plus RL2.1
531 * Canonical Equivalents.
532 * <p>
533 * <b>Unicode escape sequences</b> such as <tt>&#92;u2014</tt> in Java source code
534 * are processed as described in section 3.3 of
535 * <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>.
536 * Such escape sequences are also implemented directly by the regular-expression
537 * parser so that Unicode escapes can be used in expressions that are read from
538 * files or from the keyboard.  Thus the strings <tt>"&#92;u2014"</tt> and
539 * <tt>"\\u2014"</tt>, while not equal, compile into the same pattern, which
540 * matches the character with hexadecimal value <tt>0x2014</tt>.
541 * <p>
542 * A Unicode character can also be represented in a regular-expression by
543 * using its <b>Hex notation</b>(hexadecimal code point value) directly as described in construct
544 * <tt>&#92;x{...}</tt>, for example a supplementary character U+2011F
545 * can be specified as <tt>&#92;x{2011F}</tt>, instead of two consecutive
546 * Unicode escape sequences of the surrogate pair
547 * <tt>&#92;uD840</tt><tt>&#92;uDD1F</tt>.
548 * <p>
549 * Unicode scripts, blocks, categories and binary properties are written with
550 * the <tt>\p</tt> and <tt>\P</tt> constructs as in Perl.
551 * <tt>\p{</tt><i>prop</i><tt>}</tt> matches if
552 * the input has the property <i>prop</i>, while <tt>\P{</tt><i>prop</i><tt>}</tt>
553 * does not match if the input has that property.
554 * <p>
555 * Scripts, blocks, categories and binary properties can be used both inside
556 * and outside of a character class.
557 * <a name="usc">
558 * <p>
559 * <b>Scripts</b> are specified either with the prefix {@code Is}, as in
560 * {@code IsHiragana}, or by using  the {@code script} keyword (or its short
561 * form {@code sc})as in {@code script=Hiragana} or {@code sc=Hiragana}.
562 * <p>
563 * The script names supported by <code>Pattern</code> are the valid script names
564 * accepted and defined by
565 * {@link java.lang.Character.UnicodeScript#forName(String) UnicodeScript.forName}.
566 * <a name="ubc">
567 * <p>
568 * <b>Blocks</b> are specified with the prefix {@code In}, as in
569 * {@code InMongolian}, or by using the keyword {@code block} (or its short
570 * form {@code blk}) as in {@code block=Mongolian} or {@code blk=Mongolian}.
571 * <p>
572 * The block names supported by <code>Pattern</code> are the valid block names
573 * accepted and defined by
574 * {@link java.lang.Character.UnicodeBlock#forName(String) UnicodeBlock.forName}.
575 * <p>
576 * <a name="ucc">
577 * <b>Categories</b> may be specified with the optional prefix {@code Is}:
578 * Both {@code \p{L}} and {@code \p{IsL}} denote the category of Unicode
579 * letters. Same as scripts and blocks, categories can also be specified
580 * by using the keyword {@code general_category} (or its short form
581 * {@code gc}) as in {@code general_category=Lu} or {@code gc=Lu}.
582 * <p>
583 * The supported categories are those of
584 * <a href="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/standard.html">
585 * <i>The Unicode Standard</i></a> in the version specified by the
586 * {@link java.lang.Character Character} class. The category names are those
587 * defined in the Standard, both normative and informative.
588 * <p>
589 * <a name="ubpc">
590 * <b>Binary properties</b> are specified with the prefix {@code Is}, as in
591 * {@code IsAlphabetic}. The supported binary properties by <code>Pattern</code>
592 * are
593 * <ul>
594 *   <li> Alphabetic
595 *   <li> Ideographic
596 *   <li> Letter
597 *   <li> Lowercase
598 *   <li> Uppercase
599 *   <li> Titlecase
600 *   <li> Punctuation
601 *   <Li> Control
602 *   <li> White_Space
603 *   <li> Digit
604 *   <li> Hex_Digit
605 *   <li> Noncharacter_Code_Point
606 *   <li> Assigned
607 * </ul>
608
609
610 * <p>
611 * <b>Predefined Character classes</b> and <b>POSIX character classes</b> are in
612 * conformance with the recommendation of <i>Annex C: Compatibility Properties</i>
613 * of <a href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/"><i>Unicode Regular Expression
614 * </i></a>.
615 * <p>
616 * <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
617 *  summary="predefined and posix character classes in Unicode mode">
618 * <tr align="left">
619 * <th bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="left" id="classes">Classes</th>
620 * <th bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="left" id="matches">Matches</th>
621 *</tr>
622 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Lower}</tt></td>
623 *     <td>A lowercase character:<tt>\p{IsLowercase}</tt></td></tr>
624 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Upper}</tt></td>
625 *     <td>An uppercase character:<tt>\p{IsUppercase}</tt></td></tr>
626 * <tr><td><tt>\p{ASCII}</tt></td>
627 *     <td>All ASCII:<tt>[\x00-\x7F]</tt></td></tr>
628 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Alpha}</tt></td>
629 *     <td>An alphabetic character:<tt>\p{IsAlphabetic}</tt></td></tr>
630 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Digit}</tt></td>
631 *     <td>A decimal digit character:<tt>p{IsDigit}</tt></td></tr>
632 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Alnum}</tt></td>
633 *     <td>An alphanumeric character:<tt>[\p{IsAlphabetic}\p{IsDigit}]</tt></td></tr>
634 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Punct}</tt></td>
635 *     <td>A punctuation character:<tt>p{IsPunctuation}</tt></td></tr>
636 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Graph}</tt></td>
637 *     <td>A visible character: <tt>[^\p{IsWhite_Space}\p{gc=Cc}\p{gc=Cs}\p{gc=Cn}]</tt></td></tr>
638 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Print}</tt></td>
639 *     <td>A printable character: <tt>[\p{Graph}\p{Blank}&&[^\p{Cntrl}]]</tt></td></tr>
640 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Blank}</tt></td>
641 *     <td>A space or a tab: <tt>[\p{IsWhite_Space}&&[^\p{gc=Zl}\p{gc=Zp}\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x85]]</tt></td></tr>
642 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Cntrl}</tt></td>
643 *     <td>A control character: <tt>\p{gc=Cc}</tt></td></tr>
644 * <tr><td><tt>\p{XDigit}</tt></td>
645 *     <td>A hexadecimal digit: <tt>[\p{gc=Nd}\p{IsHex_Digit}]</tt></td></tr>
646 * <tr><td><tt>\p{Space}</tt></td>
647 *     <td>A whitespace character:<tt>\p{IsWhite_Space}</tt></td></tr>
648 * <tr><td><tt>\d</tt></td>
649 *     <td>A digit: <tt>\p{IsDigit}</tt></td></tr>
650 * <tr><td><tt>\D</tt></td>
651 *     <td>A non-digit: <tt>[^\d]</tt></td></tr>
652 * <tr><td><tt>\s</tt></td>
653 *     <td>A whitespace character: <tt>\p{IsWhite_Space}</tt></td></tr>
654 * <tr><td><tt>\S</tt></td>
655 *     <td>A non-whitespace character: <tt>[^\s]</tt></td></tr>
656 * <tr><td><tt>\w</tt></td>
657 *     <td>A word character: <tt>[\p{Alpha}\p{gc=Mn}\p{gc=Me}\p{gc=Mc}\p{Digit}\p{gc=Pc}]</tt></td></tr>
658 * <tr><td><tt>\W</tt></td>
659 *     <td>A non-word character: <tt>[^\w]</tt></td></tr>
660 * </table>
661 * <p>
662 * <a name="jcc">
663 * Categories that behave like the java.lang.Character
664 * boolean is<i>methodname</i> methods (except for the deprecated ones) are
665 * available through the same <tt>\p{</tt><i>prop</i><tt>}</tt> syntax where
666 * the specified property has the name <tt>java<i>methodname</i></tt>.
667 *
668 * <h4> Comparison to Perl 5 </h4>
669 *
670 * <p>The <code>Pattern</code> engine performs traditional NFA-based matching
671 * with ordered alternation as occurs in Perl 5.
672 *
673 * <p> Perl constructs not supported by this class: </p>
674 *
675 * <ul>
676 *    <li><p> Predefined character classes (Unicode character)
677 *    <p><tt>\h&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt>A horizontal whitespace
678 *    <p><tt>\H&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt>A non horizontal whitespace
679 *    <p><tt>\v&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt>A vertical whitespace
680 *    <p><tt>\V&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt>A non vertical whitespace
681 *    <p><tt>\R&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt>Any Unicode linebreak sequence
682 *    <tt>\u005cu000D\u005cu000A|[\u005cu000A\u005cu000B\u005cu000C\u005cu000D\u005cu0085\u005cu2028\u005cu2029]</tt>
683 *    <p><tt>\X&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt>Match Unicode
684 *    <a href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/#Default_Grapheme_Clusters">
685 *    <i>extended grapheme cluster</i></a>
686 *    </p></li>
687 *
688 *    <li><p> The backreference constructs, <tt>\g{</tt><i>n</i><tt>}</tt> for
689 *    the <i>n</i><sup>th</sup><a href="#cg">capturing group</a> and
690 *    <tt>\g{</tt><i>name</i><tt>}</tt> for
691 *    <a href="#groupname">named-capturing group</a>.
692 *    </p></li>
693 *
694 *    <li><p> The named character construct, <tt>\N{</tt><i>name</i><tt>}</tt>
695 *    for a Unicode character by its name.
696 *    </p></li>
697 *
698 *    <li><p> The conditional constructs
699 *    <tt>(?(</tt><i>condition</i><tt>)</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt> and
700 *    <tt>(?(</tt><i>condition</i><tt>)</tt><i>X</i><tt>|</tt><i>Y</i><tt>)</tt>,
701 *    </p></li>
702 *
703 *    <li><p> The embedded code constructs <tt>(?{</tt><i>code</i><tt>})</tt>
704 *    and <tt>(??{</tt><i>code</i><tt>})</tt>,</p></li>
705 *
706 *    <li><p> The embedded comment syntax <tt>(?#comment)</tt>, and </p></li>
707 *
708 *    <li><p> The preprocessing operations <tt>\l</tt> <tt>&#92;u</tt>,
709 *    <tt>\L</tt>, and <tt>\U</tt>.  </p></li>
710 *
711 * </ul>
712 *
713 * <p> Constructs supported by this class but not by Perl: </p>
714 *
715 * <ul>
716 *
717 *    <li><p> Character-class union and intersection as described
718 *    <a href="#cc">above</a>.</p></li>
719 *
720 * </ul>
721 *
722 * <p> Notable differences from Perl: </p>
723 *
724 * <ul>
725 *
726 *    <li><p> In Perl, <tt>\1</tt> through <tt>\9</tt> are always interpreted
727 *    as back references; a backslash-escaped number greater than <tt>9</tt> is
728 *    treated as a back reference if at least that many subexpressions exist,
729 *    otherwise it is interpreted, if possible, as an octal escape.  In this
730 *    class octal escapes must always begin with a zero. In this class,
731 *    <tt>\1</tt> through <tt>\9</tt> are always interpreted as back
732 *    references, and a larger number is accepted as a back reference if at
733 *    least that many subexpressions exist at that point in the regular
734 *    expression, otherwise the parser will drop digits until the number is
735 *    smaller or equal to the existing number of groups or it is one digit.
736 *    </p></li>
737 *
738 *    <li><p> Perl uses the <tt>g</tt> flag to request a match that resumes
739 *    where the last match left off.  This functionality is provided implicitly
740 *    by the {@link Matcher} class: Repeated invocations of the {@link
741 *    Matcher#find find} method will resume where the last match left off,
742 *    unless the matcher is reset.  </p></li>
743 *
744 *    <li><p> In Perl, embedded flags at the top level of an expression affect
745 *    the whole expression.  In this class, embedded flags always take effect
746 *    at the point at which they appear, whether they are at the top level or
747 *    within a group; in the latter case, flags are restored at the end of the
748 *    group just as in Perl.  </p></li>
749 *
750 * </ul>
751 *
752 *
753 * <p> For a more precise description of the behavior of regular expression
754 * constructs, please see <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex3/">
755 * <i>Mastering Regular Expressions, 3nd Edition</i>, Jeffrey E. F. Friedl,
756 * O'Reilly and Associates, 2006.</a>
757 * </p>
758 *
759 * @see java.lang.String#split(String, int)
760 * @see java.lang.String#split(String)
761 *
762 * @author      Mike McCloskey
763 * @author      Mark Reinhold
764 * @author      JSR-51 Expert Group
765 * @since       1.4
766 * @spec        JSR-51
767 */
768
769public final class Pattern implements java.io.Serializable
770{
771
772    /**
773     * Regular expression modifier values.  Instead of being passed as
774     * arguments, they can also be passed as inline modifiers.
775     * For example, the following statements have the same effect.
776     * <pre>
777     * RegExp r1 = RegExp.compile("abc", Pattern.I|Pattern.M);
778     * RegExp r2 = RegExp.compile("(?im)abc", 0);
779     * </pre>
780     *
781     * The flags are duplicated so that the familiar Perl match flag
782     * names are available.
783     */
784
785    /**
786     * Enables Unix lines mode.
787     *
788     * <p> In this mode, only the <tt>'\n'</tt> line terminator is recognized
789     * in the behavior of <tt>.</tt>, <tt>^</tt>, and <tt>$</tt>.
790     *
791     * <p> Unix lines mode can also be enabled via the embedded flag
792     * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?d)</tt>.
793     */
794    public static final int UNIX_LINES = 0x01;
795
796    /**
797     * Enables case-insensitive matching.
798     *
799     * <p> By default, case-insensitive matching assumes that only characters
800     * in the US-ASCII charset are being matched.  Unicode-aware
801     * case-insensitive matching can be enabled by specifying the {@link
802     * #UNICODE_CASE} flag in conjunction with this flag.
803     *
804     * <p> Case-insensitive matching can also be enabled via the embedded flag
805     * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?i)</tt>.
806     *
807     * <p> Specifying this flag may impose a slight performance penalty.  </p>
808     */
809    public static final int CASE_INSENSITIVE = 0x02;
810
811    /**
812     * Permits whitespace and comments in pattern.
813     *
814     * <p> In this mode, whitespace is ignored, and embedded comments starting
815     * with <tt>#</tt> are ignored until the end of a line.
816     *
817     * <p> Comments mode can also be enabled via the embedded flag
818     * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?x)</tt>.
819     */
820    public static final int COMMENTS = 0x04;
821
822    /**
823     * Enables multiline mode.
824     *
825     * <p> In multiline mode the expressions <tt>^</tt> and <tt>$</tt> match
826     * just after or just before, respectively, a line terminator or the end of
827     * the input sequence.  By default these expressions only match at the
828     * beginning and the end of the entire input sequence.
829     *
830     * <p> Multiline mode can also be enabled via the embedded flag
831     * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?m)</tt>.  </p>
832     */
833    public static final int MULTILINE = 0x08;
834
835    /**
836     * Enables literal parsing of the pattern.
837     *
838     * <p> When this flag is specified then the input string that specifies
839     * the pattern is treated as a sequence of literal characters.
840     * Metacharacters or escape sequences in the input sequence will be
841     * given no special meaning.
842     *
843     * <p>The flags CASE_INSENSITIVE and UNICODE_CASE retain their impact on
844     * matching when used in conjunction with this flag. The other flags
845     * become superfluous.
846     *
847     * <p> There is no embedded flag character for enabling literal parsing.
848     * @since 1.5
849     */
850    public static final int LITERAL = 0x10;
851
852    /**
853     * Enables dotall mode.
854     *
855     * <p> In dotall mode, the expression <tt>.</tt> matches any character,
856     * including a line terminator.  By default this expression does not match
857     * line terminators.
858     *
859     * <p> Dotall mode can also be enabled via the embedded flag
860     * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?s)</tt>.  (The <tt>s</tt> is a mnemonic for
861     * "single-line" mode, which is what this is called in Perl.)  </p>
862     */
863    public static final int DOTALL = 0x20;
864
865    /**
866     * Enables Unicode-aware case folding.
867     *
868     * <p> When this flag is specified then case-insensitive matching, when
869     * enabled by the {@link #CASE_INSENSITIVE} flag, is done in a manner
870     * consistent with the Unicode Standard.  By default, case-insensitive
871     * matching assumes that only characters in the US-ASCII charset are being
872     * matched.
873     *
874     * <p> Unicode-aware case folding can also be enabled via the embedded flag
875     * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?u)</tt>.
876     *
877     * <p> Specifying this flag may impose a performance penalty.  </p>
878     */
879    public static final int UNICODE_CASE = 0x40;
880
881    /**
882     * Enables canonical equivalence.
883     *
884     * <p> When this flag is specified then two characters will be considered
885     * to match if, and only if, their full canonical decompositions match.
886     * The expression <tt>"a&#92;u030A"</tt>, for example, will match the
887     * string <tt>"&#92;u00E5"</tt> when this flag is specified.  By default,
888     * matching does not take canonical equivalence into account.
889     *
890     * <p> There is no embedded flag character for enabling canonical
891     * equivalence.
892     *
893     * <p> Specifying this flag may impose a performance penalty.  </p>
894     */
895    public static final int CANON_EQ = 0x80;
896
897    /**
898     * Enables the Unicode version of <i>Predefined character classes</i> and
899     * <i>POSIX character classes</i> as eefined by <a href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/"><i>Unicode Technical
900     * Standard #18: Unicode Regular Expression</i></a>
901     * <i>Annex C: Compatibility Properties</i>.
902     * <p>
903     *
904     * This flag has no effect on Android, unicode character classes are always
905     * used.
906     *
907     * @since 1.7
908     */
909    public static final int UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS = 0x100;
910
911    /* Pattern has only two serialized components: The pattern string
912     * and the flags, which are all that is needed to recompile the pattern
913     * when it is deserialized.
914     */
915
916    /** use serialVersionUID from Merlin b59 for interoperability */
917    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5073258162644648461L;
918
919    /**
920     * The original regular-expression pattern string.
921     *
922     * @serial
923     */
924    private final String pattern;
925
926    /**
927     * The original pattern flags.
928     *
929     * @serial
930     */
931    private final int flags;
932
933    @ReachabilitySensitive
934    transient long address;
935
936    private static final NativeAllocationRegistry registry = new NativeAllocationRegistry(
937            Pattern.class.getClassLoader(), getNativeFinalizer(), nativeSize());
938
939
940    /**
941     * Compiles the given regular expression into a pattern.  </p>
942     *
943     * @param  regex
944     *         The expression to be compiled
945     *
946     * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
947     *          If the expression's syntax is invalid
948     */
949    public static Pattern compile(String regex) {
950        return new Pattern(regex, 0);
951    }
952
953    /**
954     * Compiles the given regular expression into a pattern with the given
955     * flags.  </p>
956     *
957     * @param  regex
958     *         The expression to be compiled
959     *
960     * @param  flags
961     *         Match flags, a bit mask that may include
962     *         {@link #CASE_INSENSITIVE}, {@link #MULTILINE}, {@link #DOTALL},
963     *         {@link #UNICODE_CASE}, {@link #CANON_EQ}, {@link #UNIX_LINES},
964     *         {@link #LITERAL}, {@link #UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS}
965     *         and {@link #COMMENTS}
966     *
967     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
968     *          If bit values other than those corresponding to the defined
969     *          match flags are set in <tt>flags</tt>
970     *
971     * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
972     *          If the expression's syntax is invalid
973     */
974    public static Pattern compile(String regex, int flags) throws PatternSyntaxException {
975        return new Pattern(regex, flags);
976    }
977
978    /**
979     * Returns the regular expression from which this pattern was compiled.
980     * </p>
981     *
982     * @return  The source of this pattern
983     */
984    public String pattern() {
985        return pattern;
986    }
987
988    /**
989     * <p>Returns the string representation of this pattern. This
990     * is the regular expression from which this pattern was
991     * compiled.</p>
992     *
993     * @return  The string representation of this pattern
994     * @since 1.5
995     */
996    public String toString() {
997        return pattern;
998    }
999
1000    /**
1001     * Creates a matcher that will match the given input against this pattern.
1002     * </p>
1003     *
1004     * @param  input
1005     *         The character sequence to be matched
1006     *
1007     * @return  A new matcher for this pattern
1008     */
1009    public Matcher matcher(CharSequence input) {
1010        Matcher m = new Matcher(this, input);
1011        return m;
1012    }
1013
1014    /**
1015     * Returns this pattern's match flags.  </p>
1016     *
1017     * @return  The match flags specified when this pattern was compiled
1018     */
1019    public int flags() {
1020        return flags;
1021    }
1022
1023    /**
1024     * Compiles the given regular expression and attempts to match the given
1025     * input against it.
1026     *
1027     * <p> An invocation of this convenience method of the form
1028     *
1029     * <blockquote><pre>
1030     * Pattern.matches(regex, input);</pre></blockquote>
1031     *
1032     * behaves in exactly the same way as the expression
1033     *
1034     * <blockquote><pre>
1035     * Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(input).matches()</pre></blockquote>
1036     *
1037     * <p> If a pattern is to be used multiple times, compiling it once and reusing
1038     * it will be more efficient than invoking this method each time.  </p>
1039     *
1040     * @param  regex
1041     *         The expression to be compiled
1042     *
1043     * @param  input
1044     *         The character sequence to be matched
1045     *
1046     * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
1047     *          If the expression's syntax is invalid
1048     */
1049    public static boolean matches(String regex, CharSequence input) {
1050        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);
1051        Matcher m = p.matcher(input);
1052        return m.matches();
1053    }
1054
1055    /**
1056     * Splits the given input sequence around matches of this pattern.
1057     *
1058     * <p> The array returned by this method contains each substring of the
1059     * input sequence that is terminated by another subsequence that matches
1060     * this pattern or is terminated by the end of the input sequence.  The
1061     * substrings in the array are in the order in which they occur in the
1062     * input.  If this pattern does not match any subsequence of the input then
1063     * the resulting array has just one element, namely the input sequence in
1064     * string form.
1065     *
1066     * <p> The <tt>limit</tt> parameter controls the number of times the
1067     * pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting
1068     * array.  If the limit <i>n</i> is greater than zero then the pattern
1069     * will be applied at most <i>n</i>&nbsp;-&nbsp;1 times, the array's
1070     * length will be no greater than <i>n</i>, and the array's last entry
1071     * will contain all input beyond the last matched delimiter.  If <i>n</i>
1072     * is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as
1073     * possible and the array can have any length.  If <i>n</i> is zero then
1074     * the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can
1075     * have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.
1076     *
1077     * <p> The input <tt>"boo:and:foo"</tt>, for example, yields the following
1078     * results with these parameters:
1079     *
1080     * <blockquote><table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0
1081     *              summary="Split examples showing regex, limit, and result">
1082     * <tr><th><P align="left"><i>Regex&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></th>
1083     *     <th><P align="left"><i>Limit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></th>
1084     *     <th><P align="left"><i>Result&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></th></tr>
1085     * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
1086     *     <td align=center>2</td>
1087     *     <td><tt>{ "boo", "and:foo" }</tt></td></tr>
1088     * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
1089     *     <td align=center>5</td>
1090     *     <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
1091     * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
1092     *     <td align=center>-2</td>
1093     *     <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
1094     * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
1095     *     <td align=center>5</td>
1096     *     <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }</tt></td></tr>
1097     * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
1098     *     <td align=center>-2</td>
1099     *     <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }</tt></td></tr>
1100     * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
1101     *     <td align=center>0</td>
1102     *     <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f" }</tt></td></tr>
1103     * </table></blockquote>
1104     *
1105     *
1106     * @param  input
1107     *         The character sequence to be split
1108     *
1109     * @param  limit
1110     *         The result threshold, as described above
1111     *
1112     * @return  The array of strings computed by splitting the input
1113     *          around matches of this pattern
1114     */
1115    public String[] split(CharSequence input, int limit) {
1116        String[] fast = fastSplit(pattern, input.toString(), limit);
1117        if (fast != null) {
1118            return fast;
1119        }
1120
1121        int index = 0;
1122        boolean matchLimited = limit > 0;
1123        ArrayList<String> matchList = new ArrayList<>();
1124        Matcher m = matcher(input);
1125
1126        // Add segments before each match found
1127        while(m.find()) {
1128            if (!matchLimited || matchList.size() < limit - 1) {
1129                String match = input.subSequence(index, m.start()).toString();
1130                matchList.add(match);
1131                index = m.end();
1132            } else if (matchList.size() == limit - 1) { // last one
1133                String match = input.subSequence(index,
1134                                                 input.length()).toString();
1135                matchList.add(match);
1136                index = m.end();
1137            }
1138        }
1139
1140        // If no match was found, return this
1141        if (index == 0)
1142            return new String[] {input.toString()};
1143
1144        // Add remaining segment
1145        if (!matchLimited || matchList.size() < limit)
1146            matchList.add(input.subSequence(index, input.length()).toString());
1147
1148        // Construct result
1149        int resultSize = matchList.size();
1150        if (limit == 0)
1151            while (resultSize > 0 && matchList.get(resultSize-1).equals(""))
1152                resultSize--;
1153        String[] result = new String[resultSize];
1154        return matchList.subList(0, resultSize).toArray(result);
1155    }
1156
1157    private static final String FASTSPLIT_METACHARACTERS = "\\?*+[](){}^$.|";
1158
1159    /**
1160     * Returns a result equivalent to {@code s.split(separator, limit)} if it's able
1161     * to compute it more cheaply than native impl, or null if the caller should fall back to
1162     * using native impl.
1163     *
1164     *  fastpath will work  if the regex is a
1165     *   (1)one-char String and this character is not one of the
1166     *      RegEx's meta characters ".$|()[{^?*+\\", or
1167     *   (2)two-char String and the first char is the backslash and
1168     *      the second is one of regEx's meta characters ".$|()[{^?*+\\".
1169     * @hide
1170     */
1171    public static String[] fastSplit(String re, String input, int limit) {
1172        // Can we do it cheaply?
1173        int len = re.length();
1174        if (len == 0) {
1175            return null;
1176        }
1177        char ch = re.charAt(0);
1178        if (len == 1 && FASTSPLIT_METACHARACTERS.indexOf(ch) == -1) {
1179            // We're looking for a single non-metacharacter. Easy.
1180        } else if (len == 2 && ch == '\\') {
1181            // We're looking for a quoted character.
1182            // Quoted metacharacters are effectively single non-metacharacters.
1183            ch = re.charAt(1);
1184            if (FASTSPLIT_METACHARACTERS.indexOf(ch) == -1) {
1185                return null;
1186            }
1187        } else {
1188            return null;
1189        }
1190
1191        // We can do this cheaply...
1192
1193        // Unlike Perl, which considers the result of splitting the empty string to be the empty
1194        // array, Java returns an array containing the empty string.
1195        if (input.isEmpty()) {
1196            return new String[] { "" };
1197        }
1198
1199        // Count separators
1200        int separatorCount = 0;
1201        int begin = 0;
1202        int end;
1203        while (separatorCount + 1 != limit && (end = input.indexOf(ch, begin)) != -1) {
1204            ++separatorCount;
1205            begin = end + 1;
1206        }
1207        int lastPartEnd = input.length();
1208        if (limit == 0 && begin == lastPartEnd) {
1209            // Last part is empty for limit == 0, remove all trailing empty matches.
1210            if (separatorCount == lastPartEnd) {
1211                // Input contains only separators.
1212                return EmptyArray.STRING;
1213            }
1214            // Find the beginning of trailing separators.
1215            do {
1216                --begin;
1217            } while (input.charAt(begin - 1) == ch);
1218            // Reduce separatorCount and fix lastPartEnd.
1219            separatorCount -= input.length() - begin;
1220            lastPartEnd = begin;
1221        }
1222
1223        // Collect the result parts.
1224        String[] result = new String[separatorCount + 1];
1225        begin = 0;
1226        for (int i = 0; i != separatorCount; ++i) {
1227            end = input.indexOf(ch, begin);
1228            result[i] = input.substring(begin, end);
1229            begin = end + 1;
1230        }
1231        // Add last part.
1232        result[separatorCount] = input.substring(begin, lastPartEnd);
1233        return result;
1234    }
1235
1236    /**
1237     * Splits the given input sequence around matches of this pattern.
1238     *
1239     * <p> This method works as if by invoking the two-argument {@link
1240     * #split(java.lang.CharSequence, int) split} method with the given input
1241     * sequence and a limit argument of zero.  Trailing empty strings are
1242     * therefore not included in the resulting array. </p>
1243     *
1244     * <p> The input <tt>"boo:and:foo"</tt>, for example, yields the following
1245     * results with these expressions:
1246     *
1247     * <blockquote><table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0
1248     *              summary="Split examples showing regex and result">
1249     * <tr><th><P align="left"><i>Regex&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></th>
1250     *     <th><P align="left"><i>Result</i></th></tr>
1251     * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
1252     *     <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
1253     * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
1254     *     <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f" }</tt></td></tr>
1255     * </table></blockquote>
1256     *
1257     *
1258     * @param  input
1259     *         The character sequence to be split
1260     *
1261     * @return  The array of strings computed by splitting the input
1262     *          around matches of this pattern
1263     */
1264    public String[] split(CharSequence input) {
1265        return split(input, 0);
1266    }
1267
1268    /**
1269     * Returns a literal pattern <code>String</code> for the specified
1270     * <code>String</code>.
1271     *
1272     * <p>This method produces a <code>String</code> that can be used to
1273     * create a <code>Pattern</code> that would match the string
1274     * <code>s</code> as if it were a literal pattern.</p> Metacharacters
1275     * or escape sequences in the input sequence will be given no special
1276     * meaning.
1277     *
1278     * @param  s The string to be literalized
1279     * @return  A literal string replacement
1280     * @since 1.5
1281     */
1282    public static String quote(String s) {
1283        int slashEIndex = s.indexOf("\\E");
1284        if (slashEIndex == -1)
1285            return "\\Q" + s + "\\E";
1286
1287        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(s.length() * 2);
1288        sb.append("\\Q");
1289        slashEIndex = 0;
1290        int current = 0;
1291        while ((slashEIndex = s.indexOf("\\E", current)) != -1) {
1292            sb.append(s.substring(current, slashEIndex));
1293            current = slashEIndex + 2;
1294            sb.append("\\E\\\\E\\Q");
1295        }
1296        sb.append(s.substring(current, s.length()));
1297        sb.append("\\E");
1298        return sb.toString();
1299    }
1300
1301    /**
1302     * Recompile the Pattern instance from a stream.  The original pattern
1303     * string is read in and the object tree is recompiled from it.
1304     */
1305    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s)
1306        throws java.io.IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
1307
1308        // Read in all fields
1309        s.defaultReadObject();
1310        compile();
1311    }
1312
1313    /**
1314     * This private constructor is used to create all Patterns. The pattern
1315     * string and match flags are all that is needed to completely describe
1316     * a Pattern.
1317     */
1318    private Pattern(String p, int f) {
1319        if ((f & CANON_EQ) != 0) {
1320            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("CANON_EQ flag not supported");
1321        }
1322        int supportedFlags = CASE_INSENSITIVE | COMMENTS | DOTALL | LITERAL | MULTILINE | UNICODE_CASE | UNIX_LINES;
1323        if ((f & ~supportedFlags) != 0) {
1324            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported flags: " + (f & ~supportedFlags));
1325        }
1326        this.pattern = p;
1327        this.flags = f;
1328        compile();
1329    }
1330
1331    private void compile() throws PatternSyntaxException {
1332        if (pattern == null) {
1333            throw new NullPointerException("pattern == null");
1334        }
1335
1336        String icuPattern = pattern;
1337        if ((flags & LITERAL) != 0) {
1338            icuPattern = quote(pattern);
1339        }
1340
1341        // These are the flags natively supported by ICU.
1342        // They even have the same value in native code.
1343        int icuFlags = flags & (CASE_INSENSITIVE | COMMENTS | MULTILINE | DOTALL | UNIX_LINES);
1344        address = compileImpl(icuPattern, icuFlags);
1345        registry.registerNativeAllocation(this, address);
1346    }
1347
1348    private static native long compileImpl(String regex, int flags);
1349    private static native long getNativeFinalizer();
1350    private static native int nativeSize();
1351
1352    /**
1353     * Creates a predicate which can be used to match a string.
1354     *
1355     * @return  The predicate which can be used for matching on a string
1356     * @since   1.8
1357     */
1358    public Predicate<String> asPredicate() {
1359        return s -> matcher(s).find();
1360    }
1361
1362    /**
1363     * Creates a stream from the given input sequence around matches of this
1364     * pattern.
1365     *
1366     * <p> The stream returned by this method contains each substring of the
1367     * input sequence that is terminated by another subsequence that matches
1368     * this pattern or is terminated by the end of the input sequence.  The
1369     * substrings in the stream are in the order in which they occur in the
1370     * input. Trailing empty strings will be discarded and not encountered in
1371     * the stream.
1372     *
1373     * <p> If this pattern does not match any subsequence of the input then
1374     * the resulting stream has just one element, namely the input sequence in
1375     * string form.
1376     *
1377     * <p> When there is a positive-width match at the beginning of the input
1378     * sequence then an empty leading substring is included at the beginning
1379     * of the stream. A zero-width match at the beginning however never produces
1380     * such empty leading substring.
1381     *
1382     * <p> If the input sequence is mutable, it must remain constant during the
1383     * execution of the terminal stream operation.  Otherwise, the result of the
1384     * terminal stream operation is undefined.
1385     *
1386     * @param   input
1387     *          The character sequence to be split
1388     *
1389     * @return  The stream of strings computed by splitting the input
1390     *          around matches of this pattern
1391     * @see     #split(CharSequence)
1392     * @since   1.8
1393     */
1394    public Stream<String> splitAsStream(final CharSequence input) {
1395        class MatcherIterator implements Iterator<String> {
1396            private final Matcher matcher;
1397            // The start position of the next sub-sequence of input
1398            // when current == input.length there are no more elements
1399            private int current;
1400            // null if the next element, if any, needs to obtained
1401            private String nextElement;
1402            // > 0 if there are N next empty elements
1403            private int emptyElementCount;
1404
1405            MatcherIterator() {
1406                this.matcher = matcher(input);
1407            }
1408
1409            public String next() {
1410                if (!hasNext())
1411                    throw new NoSuchElementException();
1412
1413                if (emptyElementCount == 0) {
1414                    String n = nextElement;
1415                    nextElement = null;
1416                    return n;
1417                } else {
1418                    emptyElementCount--;
1419                    return "";
1420                }
1421            }
1422
1423            public boolean hasNext() {
1424                if (nextElement != null || emptyElementCount > 0)
1425                    return true;
1426
1427                if (current == input.length())
1428                    return false;
1429
1430                // Consume the next matching element
1431                // Count sequence of matching empty elements
1432                while (matcher.find()) {
1433                    nextElement = input.subSequence(current, matcher.start()).toString();
1434                    current = matcher.end();
1435                    if (!nextElement.isEmpty()) {
1436                        return true;
1437                    } else if (current > 0) { // no empty leading substring for zero-width
1438                                              // match at the beginning of the input
1439                        emptyElementCount++;
1440                    }
1441                }
1442
1443                // Consume last matching element
1444                nextElement = input.subSequence(current, input.length()).toString();
1445                current = input.length();
1446                if (!nextElement.isEmpty()) {
1447                    return true;
1448                } else {
1449                    // Ignore a terminal sequence of matching empty elements
1450                    emptyElementCount = 0;
1451                    nextElement = null;
1452                    return false;
1453                }
1454            }
1455        }
1456        return StreamSupport.stream(Spliterators.spliteratorUnknownSize(
1457                new MatcherIterator(), Spliterator.ORDERED | Spliterator.NONNULL), false);
1458    }
1459}
1460