Java’s character and assorted string classes offer low-level support for pattern matching, but that support typically leads to complex code. For simpler and more efficient coding, Java offers ...

The negative here is that the number of lines of code increases from the original string primitives version, which was the initial motivation to use regular expressions. In Java we end up with six ...

Before looking at how Groovy improves on the handling of the regular expression, I round out the Java example that was started above to also include an example of Java’s Matcher class in action ...

Experienced Java developers are committed to continuous improvement. We always seek ways to make our code more readable, reliable and efficient. Java's evolution provides a steady stream of powerful ...