The Java Tutorials ‘s lesson on regular expressions introduces Java’s support for regular expressions via the java.util.regex package and highlights the two classes Pattern and Matcher.

If you’ve struggled with regular expressions that took hours to match when you needed them to complete in seconds, this article is for you. Java developer Cristian Mocanu explains where and why ...

Until recently, using regular expressions in Java has meant using third-party class libraries, many of which were of inconsistent quality and poorly maintained.