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