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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:26:05 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Saif Asif (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] [Commented] (LANG-1156) RegexUtils - A utility class for
 common regex based operation
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Saif Asif commented on LANG-1156:
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Agreed. I'll come up with some more examples and code snippets to better explain it. 

> RegexUtils - A utility class for common regex based operation
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LANG-1156
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1156
>             Project: Commons Lang
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: lang.*
>            Reporter: Saif Asif
>
> It would be nice to have a utility class for basic regex operations. Some of the features that it may contain
> * some basic regex patterns and their application methods
> ** e.g a robust csv parser, or fetch keys and values from key1=value1,key2=value2. Instead of writing up regexs, one can use these utility methods 
> * apply a pattern on a string
> * retrieve certain groups based on a particular criteria 
> * escape certain characters in a string
> Class can look like 
> {code:title=RegexUtils.java|borderStyle=solid}
>     public static final CSV_SPLITTER_REGEX = "someRobustPattern"
>     public static final String getCsvSplitterRegex(String delimiter){
>         return "delimiterSpecificPattern";
>     }
> {code}


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