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   25   
   26   package java.util.regex;
   27   
   28   import java.security.AccessController;
   29   import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
   30   import java.text.CharacterIterator;
   31   import java.text.Normalizer;
   32   import java.util.ArrayList;
   33   import java.util.HashMap;
   34   import java.util.Arrays;
   35   
   36   
   37   /**
   38    * A compiled representation of a regular expression.
   39    *
   40    * <p> A regular expression, specified as a string, must first be compiled into
   41    * an instance of this class.  The resulting pattern can then be used to create
   42    * a {@link Matcher} object that can match arbitrary {@link
   43    * java.lang.CharSequence </code>character sequences<code>} against the regular
   44    * expression.  All of the state involved in performing a match resides in the
   45    * matcher, so many matchers can share the same pattern.
   46    *
   47    * <p> A typical invocation sequence is thus
   48    *
   49    * <blockquote><pre>
   50    * Pattern p = Pattern.{@link #compile compile}("a*b");
   51    * Matcher m = p.{@link #matcher matcher}("aaaaab");
   52    * boolean b = m.{@link Matcher#matches matches}();</pre></blockquote>
   53    *
   54    * <p> A {@link #matches matches} method is defined by this class as a
   55    * convenience for when a regular expression is used just once.  This method
   56    * compiles an expression and matches an input sequence against it in a single
   57    * invocation.  The statement
   58    *
   59    * <blockquote><pre>
   60    * boolean b = Pattern.matches("a*b", "aaaaab");</pre></blockquote>
   61    *
   62    * is equivalent to the three statements above, though for repeated matches it
   63    * is less efficient since it does not allow the compiled pattern to be reused.
   64    *
   65    * <p> Instances of this class are immutable and are safe for use by multiple
   66    * concurrent threads.  Instances of the {@link Matcher} class are not safe for
   67    * such use.
   68    *
   69    *
   70    * <a name="sum">
   71    * <h4> Summary of regular-expression constructs </h4>
   72    *
   73    * <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
   74    *  summary="Regular expression constructs, and what they match">
   75    *
   76    * <tr align="left">
   77    * <th bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="left" id="construct">Construct</th>
   78    * <th bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="left" id="matches">Matches</th>
   79    * </tr>
   80    *
   81    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
   82    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="characters">Characters</th></tr>
   83    *
   84    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><i>x</i></td>
   85    *     <td headers="matches">The character <i>x</i></td></tr>
   86    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\\</tt></td>
   87    *     <td headers="matches">The backslash character</td></tr>
   88    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\0</tt><i>n</i></td>
   89    *     <td headers="matches">The character with octal value <tt>0</tt><i>n</i>
   90    *         (0&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;7)</td></tr>
   91    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\0</tt><i>nn</i></td>
   92    *     <td headers="matches">The character with octal value <tt>0</tt><i>nn</i>
   93    *         (0&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;7)</td></tr>
   94    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\0</tt><i>mnn</i></td>
   95    *     <td headers="matches">The character with octal value <tt>0</tt><i>mnn</i>
   96    *         (0&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;<i>m</i>&nbsp;<tt>&lt;=</tt>&nbsp;3,
   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>\x</tt><i>hh</i></td>
   99    *     <td headers="matches">The character with hexadecimal&nbsp;value&nbsp;<tt>0x</tt><i>hh</i></td></tr>
  100    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>&#92;u</tt><i>hhhh</i></td>
  101    *     <td headers="matches">The character with hexadecimal&nbsp;value&nbsp;<tt>0x</tt><i>hhhh</i></td></tr>
  102    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="matches"><tt>\t</tt></td>
  103    *     <td headers="matches">The tab character (<tt>'&#92;u0009'</tt>)</td></tr>
  104    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\n</tt></td>
  105    *     <td headers="matches">The newline (line feed) character (<tt>'&#92;u000A'</tt>)</td></tr>
  106    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\r</tt></td>
  107    *     <td headers="matches">The carriage-return character (<tt>'&#92;u000D'</tt>)</td></tr>
  108    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\f</tt></td>
  109    *     <td headers="matches">The form-feed character (<tt>'&#92;u000C'</tt>)</td></tr>
  110    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\a</tt></td>
  111    *     <td headers="matches">The alert (bell) character (<tt>'&#92;u0007'</tt>)</td></tr>
  112    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\e</tt></td>
  113    *     <td headers="matches">The escape character (<tt>'&#92;u001B'</tt>)</td></tr>
  114    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct characters"><tt>\c</tt><i>x</i></td>
  115    *     <td headers="matches">The control character corresponding to <i>x</i></td></tr>
  116    *
  117    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  118    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="classes">Character classes</th></tr>
  119    *
  120    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[abc]</tt></td>
  121    *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt>, <tt>b</tt>, or <tt>c</tt> (simple class)</td></tr>
  122    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[^abc]</tt></td>
  123    *     <td headers="matches">Any character except <tt>a</tt>, <tt>b</tt>, or <tt>c</tt> (negation)</td></tr>
  124    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-zA-Z]</tt></td>
  125    *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt> through <tt>z</tt>
  126    *         or <tt>A</tt> through <tt>Z</tt>, inclusive (range)</td></tr>
  127    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-d[m-p]]</tt></td>
  128    *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt> through <tt>d</tt>,
  129    *      or <tt>m</tt> through <tt>p</tt>: <tt>[a-dm-p]</tt> (union)</td></tr>
  130    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-z&&[def]]</tt></td>
  131    *     <td headers="matches"><tt>d</tt>, <tt>e</tt>, or <tt>f</tt> (intersection)</tr>
  132    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-z&&[^bc]]</tt></td>
  133    *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt> through <tt>z</tt>,
  134    *         except for <tt>b</tt> and <tt>c</tt>: <tt>[ad-z]</tt> (subtraction)</td></tr>
  135    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct classes"><tt>[a-z&&[^m-p]]</tt></td>
  136    *     <td headers="matches"><tt>a</tt> through <tt>z</tt>,
  137    *          and not <tt>m</tt> through <tt>p</tt>: <tt>[a-lq-z]</tt>(subtraction)</td></tr>
  138    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  139    *
  140    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="predef">Predefined character classes</th></tr>
  141    *
  142    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>.</tt></td>
  143    *     <td headers="matches">Any character (may or may not match <a href="#lt">line terminators</a>)</td></tr>
  144    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\d</tt></td>
  145    *     <td headers="matches">A digit: <tt>[0-9]</tt></td></tr>
  146    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\D</tt></td>
  147    *     <td headers="matches">A non-digit: <tt>[^0-9]</tt></td></tr>
  148    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\s</tt></td>
  149    *     <td headers="matches">A whitespace character: <tt>[ \t\n\x0B\f\r]</tt></td></tr>
  150    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\S</tt></td>
  151    *     <td headers="matches">A non-whitespace character: <tt>[^\s]</tt></td></tr>
  152    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\w</tt></td>
  153    *     <td headers="matches">A word character: <tt>[a-zA-Z_0-9]</tt></td></tr>
  154    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct predef"><tt>\W</tt></td>
  155    *     <td headers="matches">A non-word character: <tt>[^\w]</tt></td></tr>
  156    *
  157    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  158    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="posix">POSIX character classes</b> (US-ASCII only)<b></th></tr>
  159    *
  160    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Lower}</tt></td>
  161    *     <td headers="matches">A lower-case alphabetic character: <tt>[a-z]</tt></td></tr>
  162    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Upper}</tt></td>
  163    *     <td headers="matches">An upper-case alphabetic character:<tt>[A-Z]</tt></td></tr>
  164    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{ASCII}</tt></td>
  165    *     <td headers="matches">All ASCII:<tt>[\x00-\x7F]</tt></td></tr>
  166    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Alpha}</tt></td>
  167    *     <td headers="matches">An alphabetic character:<tt>[\p{Lower}\p{Upper}]</tt></td></tr>
  168    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Digit}</tt></td>
  169    *     <td headers="matches">A decimal digit: <tt>[0-9]</tt></td></tr>
  170    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Alnum}</tt></td>
  171    *     <td headers="matches">An alphanumeric character:<tt>[\p{Alpha}\p{Digit}]</tt></td></tr>
  172    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Punct}</tt></td>
  173    *     <td headers="matches">Punctuation: One of <tt>!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~</tt></td></tr>
  174    *     <!-- <tt>[\!"#\$%&'\(\)\*\+,\-\./:;\<=\>\?@\[\\\]\^_`\{\|\}~]</tt>
  175    *          <tt>[\X21-\X2F\X31-\X40\X5B-\X60\X7B-\X7E]</tt> -->
  176    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Graph}</tt></td>
  177    *     <td headers="matches">A visible character: <tt>[\p{Alnum}\p{Punct}]</tt></td></tr>
  178    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Print}</tt></td>
  179    *     <td headers="matches">A printable character: <tt>[\p{Graph}\x20]</tt></td></tr>
  180    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Blank}</tt></td>
  181    *     <td headers="matches">A space or a tab: <tt>[ \t]</tt></td></tr>
  182    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Cntrl}</tt></td>
  183    *     <td headers="matches">A control character: <tt>[\x00-\x1F\x7F]</tt></td></tr>
  184    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{XDigit}</tt></td>
  185    *     <td headers="matches">A hexadecimal digit: <tt>[0-9a-fA-F]</tt></td></tr>
  186    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct posix"><tt>\p{Space}</tt></td>
  187    *     <td headers="matches">A whitespace character: <tt>[ \t\n\x0B\f\r]</tt></td></tr>
  188    *
  189    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  190    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2">java.lang.Character classes (simple <a href="#jcc">java character type</a>)</th></tr>
  191    *
  192    * <tr><td valign="top"><tt>\p{javaLowerCase}</tt></td>
  193    *     <td>Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isLowerCase()</td></tr>
  194    * <tr><td valign="top"><tt>\p{javaUpperCase}</tt></td>
  195    *     <td>Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isUpperCase()</td></tr>
  196    * <tr><td valign="top"><tt>\p{javaWhitespace}</tt></td>
  197    *     <td>Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isWhitespace()</td></tr>
  198    * <tr><td valign="top"><tt>\p{javaMirrored}</tt></td>
  199    *     <td>Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isMirrored()</td></tr>
  200    *
  201    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  202    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="unicode">Classes for Unicode blocks and categories</th></tr>
  203    *
  204    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\p{InGreek}</tt></td>
  205    *     <td headers="matches">A character in the Greek&nbsp;block (simple <a href="#ubc">block</a>)</td></tr>
  206    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\p{Lu}</tt></td>
  207    *     <td headers="matches">An uppercase letter (simple <a href="#ubc">category</a>)</td></tr>
  208    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\p{Sc}</tt></td>
  209    *     <td headers="matches">A currency symbol</td></tr>
  210    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>\P{InGreek}</tt></td>
  211    *     <td headers="matches">Any character except one in the Greek block (negation)</td></tr>
  212    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct unicode"><tt>[\p{L}&&[^\p{Lu}]]&nbsp;</tt></td>
  213    *     <td headers="matches">Any letter except an uppercase letter (subtraction)</td></tr>
  214    *
  215    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  216    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="bounds">Boundary matchers</th></tr>
  217    *
  218    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>^</tt></td>
  219    *     <td headers="matches">The beginning of a line</td></tr>
  220    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>$</tt></td>
  221    *     <td headers="matches">The end of a line</td></tr>
  222    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\b</tt></td>
  223    *     <td headers="matches">A word boundary</td></tr>
  224    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\B</tt></td>
  225    *     <td headers="matches">A non-word boundary</td></tr>
  226    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\A</tt></td>
  227    *     <td headers="matches">The beginning of the input</td></tr>
  228    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\G</tt></td>
  229    *     <td headers="matches">The end of the previous match</td></tr>
  230    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\Z</tt></td>
  231    *     <td headers="matches">The end of the input but for the final
  232    *         <a href="#lt">terminator</a>, if&nbsp;any</td></tr>
  233    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct bounds"><tt>\z</tt></td>
  234    *     <td headers="matches">The end of the input</td></tr>
  235    *
  236    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  237    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="greedy">Greedy quantifiers</th></tr>
  238    *
  239    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>?</tt></td>
  240    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, once or not at all</td></tr>
  241    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>*</tt></td>
  242    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, zero or more times</td></tr>
  243    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>+</tt></td>
  244    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, one or more times</td></tr>
  245    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>}</tt></td>
  246    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, exactly <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
  247    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,}</tt></td>
  248    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
  249    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct greedy"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,</tt><i>m</i><tt>}</tt></td>
  250    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> but not more than <i>m</i> times</td></tr>
  251    *
  252    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  253    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="reluc">Reluctant quantifiers</th></tr>
  254    *
  255    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>??</tt></td>
  256    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, once or not at all</td></tr>
  257    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>*?</tt></td>
  258    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, zero or more times</td></tr>
  259    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>+?</tt></td>
  260    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, one or more times</td></tr>
  261    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>}?</tt></td>
  262    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, exactly <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
  263    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,}?</tt></td>
  264    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
  265    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct reluc"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,</tt><i>m</i><tt>}?</tt></td>
  266    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> but not more than <i>m</i> times</td></tr>
  267    *
  268    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  269    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="poss">Possessive quantifiers</th></tr>
  270    *
  271    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>?+</tt></td>
  272    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, once or not at all</td></tr>
  273    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>*+</tt></td>
  274    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, zero or more times</td></tr>
  275    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>++</tt></td>
  276    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, one or more times</td></tr>
  277    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>}+</tt></td>
  278    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, exactly <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
  279    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,}+</tt></td>
  280    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> times</td></tr>
  281    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct poss"><i>X</i><tt>{</tt><i>n</i><tt>,</tt><i>m</i><tt>}+</tt></td>
  282    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, at least <i>n</i> but not more than <i>m</i> times</td></tr>
  283    *
  284    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  285    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="logical">Logical operators</th></tr>
  286    *
  287    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct logical"><i>XY</i></td>
  288    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i> followed by <i>Y</i></td></tr>
  289    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct logical"><i>X</i><tt>|</tt><i>Y</i></td>
  290    *     <td headers="matches">Either <i>X</i> or <i>Y</i></td></tr>
  291    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct logical"><tt>(</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
  292    *     <td headers="matches">X, as a <a href="#cg">capturing group</a></td></tr>
  293    *
  294    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  295    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="backref">Back references</th></tr>
  296    *
  297    * <tr><td valign="bottom" headers="construct backref"><tt>\</tt><i>n</i></td>
  298    *     <td valign="bottom" headers="matches">Whatever the <i>n</i><sup>th</sup>
  299    *     <a href="#cg">capturing group</a> matched</td></tr>
  300    *
  301    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  302    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="quot">Quotation</th></tr>
  303    *
  304    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct quot"><tt>\</tt></td>
  305    *     <td headers="matches">Nothing, but quotes the following character</td></tr>
  306    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct quot"><tt>\Q</tt></td>
  307    *     <td headers="matches">Nothing, but quotes all characters until <tt>\E</tt></td></tr>
  308    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct quot"><tt>\E</tt></td>
  309    *     <td headers="matches">Nothing, but ends quoting started by <tt>\Q</tt></td></tr>
  310    *     <!-- Metachars: !$()*+.<>?[\]^{|} -->
  311    *
  312    * <tr><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>
  313    * <tr align="left"><th colspan="2" id="special">Special constructs (non-capturing)</th></tr>
  314    *
  315    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?:</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
  316    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, as a non-capturing group</td></tr>
  317    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?idmsux-idmsux)&nbsp;</tt></td>
  318    *     <td headers="matches">Nothing, but turns match flags <a href="#CASE_INSENSITIVE">i</a>
  319    * <a href="#UNIX_LINES">d</a> <a href="#MULTILINE">m</a> <a href="#DOTALL">s</a>
  320    * <a href="#UNICODE_CASE">u</a> <a href="#COMMENTS">x</a> on - off</td></tr>
  321    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?idmsux-idmsux:</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
  322    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, as a <a href="#cg">non-capturing group</a> with the
  323    *         given flags <a href="#CASE_INSENSITIVE">i</a> <a href="#UNIX_LINES">d</a>
  324    * <a href="#MULTILINE">m</a> <a href="#DOTALL">s</a> <a href="#UNICODE_CASE">u</a >
  325    * <a href="#COMMENTS">x</a> on - off</td></tr>
  326    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?=</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
  327    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, via zero-width positive lookahead</td></tr>
  328    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?!</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
  329    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, via zero-width negative lookahead</td></tr>
  330    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?&lt;=</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
  331    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, via zero-width positive lookbehind</td></tr>
  332    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?&lt;!</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
  333    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, via zero-width negative lookbehind</td></tr>
  334    * <tr><td valign="top" headers="construct special"><tt>(?&gt;</tt><i>X</i><tt>)</tt></td>
  335    *     <td headers="matches"><i>X</i>, as an independent, non-capturing group</td></tr>
  336    *
  337    * </table>
  338    *
  339    * <hr>
  340    *
  341    *
  342    * <a name="bs">
  343    * <h4> Backslashes, escapes, and quoting </h4>
  344    *
  345    * <p> The backslash character (<tt>'\'</tt>) serves to introduce escaped
  346    * constructs, as defined in the table above, as well as to quote characters
  347    * that otherwise would be interpreted as unescaped constructs.  Thus the
  348    * expression <tt>\\</tt> matches a single backslash and <tt>\{</tt> matches a
  349    * left brace.
  350    *
  351    * <p> It is an error to use a backslash prior to any alphabetic character that
  352    * does not denote an escaped construct; these are reserved for future
  353    * extensions to the regular-expression language.  A backslash may be used
  354    * prior to a non-alphabetic character regardless of whether that character is
  355    * part of an unescaped construct.
  356    *
  357    * <p> Backslashes within string literals in Java source code are interpreted
  358    * as required by the <a
  359    * href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls">Java Language
  360    * Specification</a> as either <a
  361    * href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#100850">Unicode
  362    * escapes</a> or other <a
  363    * href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#101089">character
  364    * escapes</a>.  It is therefore necessary to double backslashes in string
  365    * literals that represent regular expressions to protect them from
  366    * interpretation by the Java bytecode compiler.  The string literal
  367    * <tt>"&#92;b"</tt>, for example, matches a single backspace character when
  368    * interpreted as a regular expression, while <tt>"&#92;&#92;b"</tt> matches a
  369    * word boundary.  The string literal <tt>"&#92;(hello&#92;)"</tt> is illegal
  370    * and leads to a compile-time error; in order to match the string
  371    * <tt>(hello)</tt> the string literal <tt>"&#92;&#92;(hello&#92;&#92;)"</tt>
  372    * must be used.
  373    *
  374    * <a name="cc">
  375    * <h4> Character Classes </h4>
  376    *
  377    *    <p> Character classes may appear within other character classes, and
  378    *    may be composed by the union operator (implicit) and the intersection
  379    *    operator (<tt>&amp;&amp;</tt>).
  380    *    The union operator denotes a class that contains every character that is
  381    *    in at least one of its operand classes.  The intersection operator
  382    *    denotes a class that contains every character that is in both of its
  383    *    operand classes.
  384    *
  385    *    <p> The precedence of character-class operators is as follows, from
  386    *    highest to lowest:
  387    *
  388    *    <blockquote><table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
  389    *                 summary="Precedence of character class operators.">
  390    *      <tr><th>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  391    *        <td>Literal escape&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
  392    *        <td><tt>\x</tt></td></tr>
  393    *     <tr><th>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  394    *        <td>Grouping</td>
  395    *        <td><tt>[...]</tt></td></tr>
  396    *     <tr><th>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  397    *        <td>Range</td>
  398    *        <td><tt>a-z</tt></td></tr>
  399    *      <tr><th>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  400    *        <td>Union</td>
  401    *        <td><tt>[a-e][i-u]</tt></td></tr>
  402    *      <tr><th>5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  403    *        <td>Intersection</td>
  404    *        <td><tt>[a-z&&[aeiou]]</tt></td></tr>
  405    *    </table></blockquote>
  406    *
  407    *    <p> Note that a different set of metacharacters are in effect inside
  408    *    a character class than outside a character class. For instance, the
  409    *    regular expression <tt>.</tt> loses its special meaning inside a
  410    *    character class, while the expression <tt>-</tt> becomes a range
  411    *    forming metacharacter.
  412    *
  413    * <a name="lt">
  414    * <h4> Line terminators </h4>
  415    *
  416    * <p> A <i>line terminator</i> is a one- or two-character sequence that marks
  417    * the end of a line of the input character sequence.  The following are
  418    * recognized as line terminators:
  419    *
  420    * <ul>
  421    *
  422    *   <li> A newline (line feed) character&nbsp;(<tt>'\n'</tt>),
  423    *
  424    *   <li> A carriage-return character followed immediately by a newline
  425    *   character&nbsp;(<tt>"\r\n"</tt>),
  426    *
  427    *   <li> A standalone carriage-return character&nbsp;(<tt>'\r'</tt>),
  428    *
  429    *   <li> A next-line character&nbsp;(<tt>'&#92;u0085'</tt>),
  430    *
  431    *   <li> A line-separator character&nbsp;(<tt>'&#92;u2028'</tt>), or
  432    *
  433    *   <li> A paragraph-separator character&nbsp;(<tt>'&#92;u2029</tt>).
  434    *
  435    * </ul>
  436    * <p>If {@link #UNIX_LINES} mode is activated, then the only line terminators
  437    * recognized are newline characters.
  438    *
  439    * <p> The regular expression <tt>.</tt> matches any character except a line
  440    * terminator unless the {@link #DOTALL} flag is specified.
  441    *
  442    * <p> By default, the regular expressions <tt>^</tt> and <tt>$</tt> ignore
  443    * line terminators and only match at the beginning and the end, respectively,
  444    * of the entire input sequence. If {@link #MULTILINE} mode is activated then
  445    * <tt>^</tt> matches at the beginning of input and after any line terminator
  446    * except at the end of input. When in {@link #MULTILINE} mode <tt>$</tt>
  447    * matches just before a line terminator or the end of the input sequence.
  448    *
  449    * <a name="cg">
  450    * <h4> Groups and capturing </h4>
  451    *
  452    * <p> Capturing groups are numbered by counting their opening parentheses from
  453    * left to right.  In the expression <tt>((A)(B(C)))</tt>, for example, there
  454    * are four such groups: </p>
  455    *
  456    * <blockquote><table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 summary="Capturing group numberings">
  457    * <tr><th>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  458    *     <td><tt>((A)(B(C)))</tt></td></tr>
  459    * <tr><th>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  460    *     <td><tt>(A)</tt></td></tr>
  461    * <tr><th>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  462    *     <td><tt>(B(C))</tt></td></tr>
  463    * <tr><th>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
  464    *     <td><tt>(C)</tt></td></tr>
  465    * </table></blockquote>
  466    *
  467    * <p> Group zero always stands for the entire expression.
  468    *
  469    * <p> Capturing groups are so named because, during a match, each subsequence
  470    * of the input sequence that matches such a group is saved.  The captured
  471    * subsequence may be used later in the expression, via a back reference, and
  472    * may also be retrieved from the matcher once the match operation is complete.
  473    *
  474    * <p> The captured input associated with a group is always the subsequence
  475    * that the group most recently matched.  If a group is evaluated a second time
  476    * because of quantification then its previously-captured value, if any, will
  477    * be retained if the second evaluation fails.  Matching the string
  478    * <tt>"aba"</tt> against the expression <tt>(a(b)?)+</tt>, for example, leaves
  479    * group two set to <tt>"b"</tt>.  All captured input is discarded at the
  480    * beginning of each match.
  481    *
  482    * <p> Groups beginning with <tt>(?</tt> are pure, <i>non-capturing</i> groups
  483    * that do not capture text and do not count towards the group total.
  484    *
  485    *
  486    * <h4> Unicode support </h4>
  487    *
  488    * <p> This class is in conformance with Level 1 of <a
  489    * href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/"><i>Unicode Technical
  490    * Standard #18: Unicode Regular Expression Guidelines</i></a>, plus RL2.1
  491    * Canonical Equivalents.
  492    *
  493    * <p> Unicode escape sequences such as <tt>&#92;u2014</tt> in Java source code
  494    * are processed as described in <a
  495    * href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/lexical.html#100850">\u00A73.3</a>
  496    * of the Java Language Specification.  Such escape sequences are also
  497    * implemented directly by the regular-expression parser so that Unicode
  498    * escapes can be used in expressions that are read from files or from the
  499    * keyboard.  Thus the strings <tt>"&#92;u2014"</tt> and <tt>"\\u2014"</tt>,
  500    * while not equal, compile into the same pattern, which matches the character
  501    * with hexadecimal value <tt>0x2014</tt>.
  502    *
  503    * <a name="ubc"> <p>Unicode blocks and categories are written with the
  504    * <tt>\p</tt> and <tt>\P</tt> constructs as in
  505    * Perl. <tt>\p{</tt><i>prop</i><tt>}</tt> matches if the input has the
  506    * property <i>prop</i>, while <tt>\P{</tt><i>prop</i><tt>}</tt> does not match if
  507    * the input has that property.  Blocks are specified with the prefix
  508    * <tt>In</tt>, as in <tt>InMongolian</tt>.  Categories may be specified with
  509    * the optional prefix <tt>Is</tt>: Both <tt>\p{L}</tt> and <tt>\p{IsL}</tt>
  510    * denote the category of Unicode letters.  Blocks and categories can be used
  511    * both inside and outside of a character class.
  512    *
  513    * <p> The supported categories are those of
  514    * <a href="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/standard.html">
  515    * <i>The Unicode Standard</i></a> in the version specified by the
  516    * {@link java.lang.Character Character} class. The category names are those
  517    * defined in the Standard, both normative and informative.
  518    * The block names supported by <code>Pattern</code> are the valid block names
  519    * accepted and defined by
  520    * {@link java.lang.Character.UnicodeBlock#forName(String) UnicodeBlock.forName}.
  521    *
  522    * <a name="jcc"> <p>Categories that behave like the java.lang.Character
  523    * boolean is<i>methodname</i> methods (except for the deprecated ones) are
  524    * available through the same <tt>\p{</tt><i>prop</i><tt>}</tt> syntax where
  525    * the specified property has the name <tt>java<i>methodname</i></tt>.
  526    *
  527    * <h4> Comparison to Perl 5 </h4>
  528    *
  529    * <p>The <code>Pattern</code> engine performs traditional NFA-based matching
  530    * with ordered alternation as occurs in Perl 5.
  531    *
  532    * <p> Perl constructs not supported by this class: </p>
  533    *
  534    * <ul>
  535    *
  536    *    <li><p> The conditional constructs <tt>(?{</tt><i>X</i><tt>})</tt> and
  537    *    <tt>(?(</tt><i>condition</i><tt>)</tt><i>X</i><tt>|</tt><i>Y</i><tt>)</tt>,
  538    *    </p></li>
  539    *
  540    *    <li><p> The embedded code constructs <tt>(?{</tt><i>code</i><tt>})</tt>
  541    *    and <tt>(??{</tt><i>code</i><tt>})</tt>,</p></li>
  542    *
  543    *    <li><p> The embedded comment syntax <tt>(?#comment)</tt>, and </p></li>
  544    *
  545    *    <li><p> The preprocessing operations <tt>\l</tt> <tt>&#92;u</tt>,
  546    *    <tt>\L</tt>, and <tt>\U</tt>.  </p></li>
  547    *
  548    * </ul>
  549    *
  550    * <p> Constructs supported by this class but not by Perl: </p>
  551    *
  552    * <ul>
  553    *
  554    *    <li><p> Possessive quantifiers, which greedily match as much as they can
  555    *    and do not back off, even when doing so would allow the overall match to
  556    *    succeed.  </p></li>
  557    *
  558    *    <li><p> Character-class union and intersection as described
  559    *    <a href="#cc">above</a>.</p></li>
  560    *
  561    * </ul>
  562    *
  563    * <p> Notable differences from Perl: </p>
  564    *
  565    * <ul>
  566    *
  567    *    <li><p> In Perl, <tt>\1</tt> through <tt>\9</tt> are always interpreted
  568    *    as back references; a backslash-escaped number greater than <tt>9</tt> is
  569    *    treated as a back reference if at least that many subexpressions exist,
  570    *    otherwise it is interpreted, if possible, as an octal escape.  In this
  571    *    class octal escapes must always begin with a zero. In this class,
  572    *    <tt>\1</tt> through <tt>\9</tt> are always interpreted as back
  573    *    references, and a larger number is accepted as a back reference if at
  574    *    least that many subexpressions exist at that point in the regular
  575    *    expression, otherwise the parser will drop digits until the number is
  576    *    smaller or equal to the existing number of groups or it is one digit.
  577    *    </p></li>
  578    *
  579    *    <li><p> Perl uses the <tt>g</tt> flag to request a match that resumes
  580    *    where the last match left off.  This functionality is provided implicitly
  581    *    by the {@link Matcher} class: Repeated invocations of the {@link
  582    *    Matcher#find find} method will resume where the last match left off,
  583    *    unless the matcher is reset.  </p></li>
  584    *
  585    *    <li><p> In Perl, embedded flags at the top level of an expression affect
  586    *    the whole expression.  In this class, embedded flags always take effect
  587    *    at the point at which they appear, whether they are at the top level or
  588    *    within a group; in the latter case, flags are restored at the end of the
  589    *    group just as in Perl.  </p></li>
  590    *
  591    *    <li><p> Perl is forgiving about malformed matching constructs, as in the
  592    *    expression <tt>*a</tt>, as well as dangling brackets, as in the
  593    *    expression <tt>abc]</tt>, and treats them as literals.  This
  594    *    class also accepts dangling brackets but is strict about dangling
  595    *    metacharacters like +, ? and *, and will throw a
  596    *    {@link PatternSyntaxException} if it encounters them. </p></li>
  597    *
  598    * </ul>
  599    *
  600    *
  601    * <p> For a more precise description of the behavior of regular expression
  602    * constructs, please see <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex3/">
  603    * <i>Mastering Regular Expressions, 3nd Edition</i>, Jeffrey E. F. Friedl,
  604    * O'Reilly and Associates, 2006.</a>
  605    * </p>
  606    *
  607    * @see java.lang.String#split(String, int)
  608    * @see java.lang.String#split(String)
  609    *
  610    * @author      Mike McCloskey
  611    * @author      Mark Reinhold
  612    * @author      JSR-51 Expert Group
  613    * @since       1.4
  614    * @spec        JSR-51
  615    */
  616   
  617   public final class Pattern
  618       implements java.io.Serializable
  619   {
  620   
  621       /**
  622        * Regular expression modifier values.  Instead of being passed as
  623        * arguments, they can also be passed as inline modifiers.
  624        * For example, the following statements have the same effect.
  625        * <pre>
  626        * RegExp r1 = RegExp.compile("abc", Pattern.I|Pattern.M);
  627        * RegExp r2 = RegExp.compile("(?im)abc", 0);
  628        * </pre>
  629        *
  630        * The flags are duplicated so that the familiar Perl match flag
  631        * names are available.
  632        */
  633   
  634       /**
  635        * Enables Unix lines mode.
  636        *
  637        * <p> In this mode, only the <tt>'\n'</tt> line terminator is recognized
  638        * in the behavior of <tt>.</tt>, <tt>^</tt>, and <tt>$</tt>.
  639        *
  640        * <p> Unix lines mode can also be enabled via the embedded flag
  641        * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?d)</tt>.
  642        */
  643       public static final int UNIX_LINES = 0x01;
  644   
  645       /**
  646        * Enables case-insensitive matching.
  647        *
  648        * <p> By default, case-insensitive matching assumes that only characters
  649        * in the US-ASCII charset are being matched.  Unicode-aware
  650        * case-insensitive matching can be enabled by specifying the {@link
  651        * #UNICODE_CASE} flag in conjunction with this flag.
  652        *
  653        * <p> Case-insensitive matching can also be enabled via the embedded flag
  654        * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?i)</tt>.
  655        *
  656        * <p> Specifying this flag may impose a slight performance penalty.  </p>
  657        */
  658       public static final int CASE_INSENSITIVE = 0x02;
  659   
  660       /**
  661        * Permits whitespace and comments in pattern.
  662        *
  663        * <p> In this mode, whitespace is ignored, and embedded comments starting
  664        * with <tt>#</tt> are ignored until the end of a line.
  665        *
  666        * <p> Comments mode can also be enabled via the embedded flag
  667        * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?x)</tt>.
  668        */
  669       public static final int COMMENTS = 0x04;
  670   
  671       /**
  672        * Enables multiline mode.
  673        *
  674        * <p> In multiline mode the expressions <tt>^</tt> and <tt>$</tt> match
  675        * just after or just before, respectively, a line terminator or the end of
  676        * the input sequence.  By default these expressions only match at the
  677        * beginning and the end of the entire input sequence.
  678        *
  679        * <p> Multiline mode can also be enabled via the embedded flag
  680        * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?m)</tt>.  </p>
  681        */
  682       public static final int MULTILINE = 0x08;
  683   
  684       /**
  685        * Enables literal parsing of the pattern.
  686        *
  687        * <p> When this flag is specified then the input string that specifies
  688        * the pattern is treated as a sequence of literal characters.
  689        * Metacharacters or escape sequences in the input sequence will be
  690        * given no special meaning.
  691        *
  692        * <p>The flags CASE_INSENSITIVE and UNICODE_CASE retain their impact on
  693        * matching when used in conjunction with this flag. The other flags
  694        * become superfluous.
  695        *
  696        * <p> There is no embedded flag character for enabling literal parsing.
  697        * @since 1.5
  698        */
  699       public static final int LITERAL = 0x10;
  700   
  701       /**
  702        * Enables dotall mode.
  703        *
  704        * <p> In dotall mode, the expression <tt>.</tt> matches any character,
  705        * including a line terminator.  By default this expression does not match
  706        * line terminators.
  707        *
  708        * <p> Dotall mode can also be enabled via the embedded flag
  709        * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?s)</tt>.  (The <tt>s</tt> is a mnemonic for
  710        * "single-line" mode, which is what this is called in Perl.)  </p>
  711        */
  712       public static final int DOTALL = 0x20;
  713   
  714       /**
  715        * Enables Unicode-aware case folding.
  716        *
  717        * <p> When this flag is specified then case-insensitive matching, when
  718        * enabled by the {@link #CASE_INSENSITIVE} flag, is done in a manner
  719        * consistent with the Unicode Standard.  By default, case-insensitive
  720        * matching assumes that only characters in the US-ASCII charset are being
  721        * matched.
  722        *
  723        * <p> Unicode-aware case folding can also be enabled via the embedded flag
  724        * expression&nbsp;<tt>(?u)</tt>.
  725        *
  726        * <p> Specifying this flag may impose a performance penalty.  </p>
  727        */
  728       public static final int UNICODE_CASE = 0x40;
  729   
  730       /**
  731        * Enables canonical equivalence.
  732        *
  733        * <p> When this flag is specified then two characters will be considered
  734        * to match if, and only if, their full canonical decompositions match.
  735        * The expression <tt>"a&#92;u030A"</tt>, for example, will match the
  736        * string <tt>"&#92;u00E5"</tt> when this flag is specified.  By default,
  737        * matching does not take canonical equivalence into account.
  738        *
  739        * <p> There is no embedded flag character for enabling canonical
  740        * equivalence.
  741        *
  742        * <p> Specifying this flag may impose a performance penalty.  </p>
  743        */
  744       public static final int CANON_EQ = 0x80;
  745   
  746       /* Pattern has only two serialized components: The pattern string
  747        * and the flags, which are all that is needed to recompile the pattern
  748        * when it is deserialized.
  749        */
  750   
  751       /** use serialVersionUID from Merlin b59 for interoperability */
  752       private static final long serialVersionUID = 5073258162644648461L;
  753   
  754       /**
  755        * The original regular-expression pattern string.
  756        *
  757        * @serial
  758        */
  759       private String pattern;
  760   
  761       /**
  762        * The original pattern flags.
  763        *
  764        * @serial
  765        */
  766       private int flags;
  767   
  768       /**
  769        * Boolean indicating this Pattern is compiled; this is necessary in order
  770        * to lazily compile deserialized Patterns.
  771        */
  772       private transient volatile boolean compiled = false;
  773   
  774       /**
  775        * The normalized pattern string.
  776        */
  777       private transient String normalizedPattern;
  778   
  779       /**
  780        * The starting point of state machine for the find operation.  This allows
  781        * a match to start anywhere in the input.
  782        */
  783       transient Node root;
  784   
  785       /**
  786        * The root of object tree for a match operation.  The pattern is matched
  787        * at the beginning.  This may include a find that uses BnM or a First
  788        * node.
  789        */
  790       transient Node matchRoot;
  791   
  792       /**
  793        * Temporary storage used by parsing pattern slice.
  794        */
  795       transient int[] buffer;
  796   
  797       /**
  798        * Temporary storage used while parsing group references.
  799        */
  800       transient GroupHead[] groupNodes;
  801   
  802       /**
  803        * Temporary null terminated code point array used by pattern compiling.
  804        */
  805       private transient int[] temp;
  806   
  807       /**
  808        * The number of capturing groups in this Pattern. Used by matchers to
  809        * allocate storage needed to perform a match.
  810        */
  811       transient int capturingGroupCount;
  812   
  813       /**
  814        * The local variable count used by parsing tree. Used by matchers to
  815        * allocate storage needed to perform a match.
  816        */
  817       transient int localCount;
  818   
  819       /**
  820        * Index into the pattern string that keeps track of how much has been
  821        * parsed.
  822        */
  823       private transient int cursor;
  824   
  825       /**
  826        * Holds the length of the pattern string.
  827        */
  828       private transient int patternLength;
  829   
  830       /**
  831        * Compiles the given regular expression into a pattern.  </p>
  832        *
  833        * @param  regex
  834        *         The expression to be compiled
  835        *
  836        * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
  837        *          If the expression's syntax is invalid
  838        */
  839       public static Pattern compile(String regex) {
  840           return new Pattern(regex, 0);
  841       }
  842   
  843       /**
  844        * Compiles the given regular expression into a pattern with the given
  845        * flags.  </p>
  846        *
  847        * @param  regex
  848        *         The expression to be compiled
  849        *
  850        * @param  flags
  851        *         Match flags, a bit mask that may include
  852        *         {@link #CASE_INSENSITIVE}, {@link #MULTILINE}, {@link #DOTALL},
  853        *         {@link #UNICODE_CASE}, {@link #CANON_EQ}, {@link #UNIX_LINES},
  854        *         {@link #LITERAL} and {@link #COMMENTS}
  855        *
  856        * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
  857        *          If bit values other than those corresponding to the defined
  858        *          match flags are set in <tt>flags</tt>
  859        *
  860        * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
  861        *          If the expression's syntax is invalid
  862        */
  863       public static Pattern compile(String regex, int flags) {
  864           return new Pattern(regex, flags);
  865       }
  866   
  867       /**
  868        * Returns the regular expression from which this pattern was compiled.
  869        * </p>
  870        *
  871        * @return  The source of this pattern
  872        */
  873       public String pattern() {
  874           return pattern;
  875       }
  876   
  877       /**
  878        * <p>Returns the string representation of this pattern. This
  879        * is the regular expression from which this pattern was
  880        * compiled.</p>
  881        *
  882        * @return  The string representation of this pattern
  883        * @since 1.5
  884        */
  885       public String toString() {
  886           return pattern;
  887       }
  888   
  889       /**
  890        * Creates a matcher that will match the given input against this pattern.
  891        * </p>
  892        *
  893        * @param  input
  894        *         The character sequence to be matched
  895        *
  896        * @return  A new matcher for this pattern
  897        */
  898       public Matcher matcher(CharSequence input) {
  899           if (!compiled) {
  900               synchronized(this) {
  901                   if (!compiled)
  902                       compile();
  903               }
  904           }
  905           Matcher m = new Matcher(this, input);
  906           return m;
  907       }
  908   
  909       /**
  910        * Returns this pattern's match flags.  </p>
  911        *
  912        * @return  The match flags specified when this pattern was compiled
  913        */
  914       public int flags() {
  915           return flags;
  916       }
  917   
  918       /**
  919        * Compiles the given regular expression and attempts to match the given
  920        * input against it.
  921        *
  922        * <p> An invocation of this convenience method of the form
  923        *
  924        * <blockquote><pre>
  925        * Pattern.matches(regex, input);</pre></blockquote>
  926        *
  927        * behaves in exactly the same way as the expression
  928        *
  929        * <blockquote><pre>
  930        * Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(input).matches()</pre></blockquote>
  931        *
  932        * <p> If a pattern is to be used multiple times, compiling it once and reusing
  933        * it will be more efficient than invoking this method each time.  </p>
  934        *
  935        * @param  regex
  936        *         The expression to be compiled
  937        *
  938        * @param  input
  939        *         The character sequence to be matched
  940        *
  941        * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
  942        *          If the expression's syntax is invalid
  943        */
  944       public static boolean matches(String regex, CharSequence input) {
  945           Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);
  946           Matcher m = p.matcher(input);
  947           return m.matches();
  948       }
  949   
  950       /**
  951        * Splits the given input sequence around matches of this pattern.
  952        *
  953        * <p> The array returned by this method contains each substring of the
  954        * input sequence that is terminated by another subsequence that matches
  955        * this pattern or is terminated by the end of the input sequence.  The
  956        * substrings in the array are in the order in which they occur in the
  957        * input.  If this pattern does not match any subsequence of the input then
  958        * the resulting array has just one element, namely the input sequence in
  959        * string form.
  960        *
  961        * <p> The <tt>limit</tt> parameter controls the number of times the
  962        * pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting
  963        * array.  If the limit <i>n</i> is greater than zero then the pattern
  964        * will be applied at most <i>n</i>&nbsp;-&nbsp;1 times, the array's
  965        * length will be no greater than <i>n</i>, and the array's last entry
  966        * will contain all input beyond the last matched delimiter.  If <i>n</i>
  967        * is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as
  968        * possible and the array can have any length.  If <i>n</i> is zero then
  969        * the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can
  970        * have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.
  971        *
  972        * <p> The input <tt>"boo:and:foo"</tt>, for example, yields the following
  973        * results with these parameters:
  974        *
  975        * <blockquote><table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0
  976        *              summary="Split examples showing regex, limit, and result">
  977        * <tr><th><P align="left"><i>Regex&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></th>
  978        *     <th><P align="left"><i>Limit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></th>
  979        *     <th><P align="left"><i>Result&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></th></tr>
  980        * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
  981        *     <td align=center>2</td>
  982        *     <td><tt>{ "boo", "and:foo" }</tt></td></tr>
  983        * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
  984        *     <td align=center>5</td>
  985        *     <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
  986        * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
  987        *     <td align=center>-2</td>
  988        *     <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
  989        * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
  990        *     <td align=center>5</td>
  991        *     <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }</tt></td></tr>
  992        * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
  993        *     <td align=center>-2</td>
  994        *     <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }</tt></td></tr>
  995        * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
  996        *     <td align=center>0</td>
  997        *     <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f" }</tt></td></tr>
  998        * </table></blockquote>
  999        *
 1000        *
 1001        * @param  input
 1002        *         The character sequence to be split
 1003        *
 1004        * @param  limit
 1005        *         The result threshold, as described above
 1006        *
 1007        * @return  The array of strings computed by splitting the input
 1008        *          around matches of this pattern
 1009        */
 1010       public String[] split(CharSequence input, int limit) {
 1011           int index = 0;
 1012           boolean matchLimited = limit > 0;
 1013           ArrayList<String> matchList = new ArrayList<String>();
 1014           Matcher m = matcher(input);
 1015   
 1016           // Add segments before each match found
 1017           while(m.find()) {
 1018               if (!matchLimited || matchList.size() < limit - 1) {
 1019                   String match = input.subSequence(index, m.start()).toString();
 1020                   matchList.add(match);
 1021                   index = m.end();
 1022               } else if (matchList.size() == limit - 1) { // last one
 1023                   String match = input.subSequence(index,
 1024                                                    input.length()).toString();
 1025                   matchList.add(match);
 1026                   index = m.end();
 1027               }
 1028           }
 1029   
 1030           // If no match was found, return this
 1031           if (index == 0)
 1032               return new String[] {input.toString()};
 1033   
 1034           // Add remaining segment
 1035           if (!matchLimited || matchList.size() < limit)
 1036               matchList.add(input.subSequence(index, input.length()).toString());
 1037   
 1038           // Construct result
 1039           int resultSize = matchList.size();
 1040           if (limit == 0)
 1041               while (resultSize > 0 && matchList.get(resultSize-1).equals(""))
 1042                   resultSize--;
 1043           String[] result = new String[resultSize];
 1044           return matchList.subList(0, resultSize).toArray(result);
 1045       }
 1046   
 1047       /**
 1048        * Splits the given input sequence around matches of this pattern.
 1049        *
 1050        * <p> This method works as if by invoking the two-argument {@link
 1051        * #split(java.lang.CharSequence, int) split} method with the given input
 1052        * sequence and a limit argument of zero.  Trailing empty strings are
 1053        * therefore not included in the resulting array. </p>
 1054        *
 1055        * <p> The input <tt>"boo:and:foo"</tt>, for example, yields the following
 1056        * results with these expressions:
 1057        *
 1058        * <blockquote><table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0
 1059        *              summary="Split examples showing regex and result">
 1060        * <tr><th><P align="left"><i>Regex&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></th>
 1061        *     <th><P align="left"><i>Result</i></th></tr>
 1062        * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
 1063        *     <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
 1064        * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
 1065        *     <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f" }</tt></td></tr>
 1066        * </table></blockquote>
 1067        *
 1068        *
 1069        * @param  input
 1070        *         The character sequence to be split
 1071        *
 1072        * @return  The array of strings computed by splitting the input
 1073        *          around matches of this pattern
 1074        */
 1075       public String[] split(CharSequence input) {
 1076           return split(input, 0);
 1077       }
 1078   
 1079       /**
 1080        * Returns a literal pattern <code>String</code> for the specified
 1081        * <code>String</code>.
 1082        *
 1083        * <p>This method produces a <code>String</code> that can be used to
 1084        * create a <code>Pattern</code> that would match the string
 1085        * <code>s</code> as if it were a literal pattern.</p> Metacharacters
 1086        * or escape sequences in the input sequence will be given no special
 1087        * meaning.
 1088        *
 1089        * @param  s The string to be literalized
 1090        * @return  A literal string replacement
 1091        * @since 1.5
 1092        */
 1093       public static String quote(String s) {
 1094           int slashEIndex = s.indexOf("\\E");
 1095           if (slashEIndex == -1)
 1096               return "\\Q" + s + "\\E";
 1097   
 1098           StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(s.length() * 2);
 1099           sb.append("\\Q");
 1100           slashEIndex = 0;
 1101           int current = 0;
 1102           while ((slashEIndex = s.indexOf("\\E", current)) != -1) {
 1103               sb.append(s.substring(current, slashEIndex));
 1104               current = slashEIndex + 2;
 1105               sb.append("\\E\\\\E\\Q");
 1106           }
 1107           sb.append(s.substring(current, s.length()));
 1108           sb.append("\\E");
 1109           return sb.toString();
 1110       }
 1111   
 1112       /**
 1113        * Recompile the Pattern instance from a stream.  The original pattern
 1114        * string is read in and the object tree is recompiled from it.
 1115        */
 1116       private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s)
 1117           throws java.io.IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
 1118   
 1119           // Read in all fields
 1120           s.defaultReadObject();
 1121   
 1122           // Initialize counts
 1123           capturingGroupCount = 1;
 1124           localCount = 0;
 1125   
 1126           // if length > 0, the Pattern is lazily compiled
 1127           compiled = false;
 1128           if (pattern.length() == 0) {
 1129               root = new Start(lastAccept);
 1130               matchRoot = lastAccept;
 1131               compiled = true;
 1132           }
 1133       }
 1134   
 1135       /**
 1136        * This private constructor is used to create all Patterns. The pattern
 1137        * string and match flags are all that is needed to completely describe
 1138        * a Pattern. An empty pattern string results in an object tree with
 1139        * only a Start node and a LastNode node.
 1140        */
 1141       private Pattern(String p, int f) {
 1142           pattern = p;
 1143           flags = f;
 1144   
 1145           // Reset group index count
 1146           capturingGroupCount = 1;
 1147           localCount = 0;
 1148   
 1149           if (pattern.length() > 0) {
 1150               compile();
 1151           } else {
 1152               root = new Start(lastAccept);
 1153               matchRoot = lastAccept;
 1154           }
 1155       }
 1156   
 1157       /**
 1158        * The pattern is converted to normalizedD form and then a pure group
 1159        * is constructed to match canonical equivalences of the characters.
 1160        */
 1161       private void normalize() {
 1162           boolean inCharClass = false;
 1163           int lastCodePoint = -1;
 1164   
 1165           // Convert pattern into normalizedD form
 1166           normalizedPattern = Normalizer.normalize(pattern, Normalizer.Form.NFD);
 1167           patternLength = normalizedPattern.length();
 1168   
 1169           // Modify pattern to match canonical equivalences
 1170           StringBuilder newPattern = new StringBuilder(patternLength);
 1171           for(int i=0; i<patternLength; ) {
 1172               int c = normalizedPattern.codePointAt(i);
 1173               StringBuilder sequenceBuffer;
 1174               if ((Character.getType(c) == Character.NON_SPACING_MARK)
 1175                   && (lastCodePoint != -1)) {
 1176                   sequenceBuffer = new StringBuilder();
 1177                   sequenceBuffer.appendCodePoint(lastCodePoint);
 1178                   sequenceBuffer.appendCodePoint(c);
 1179                   while(Character.getType(c) == Character.NON_SPACING_MARK) {
 1180                       i += Character.charCount(c);
 1181                       if (i >= patternLength)
 1182                           break;
 1183                       c = normalizedPattern.codePointAt(i);
 1184                       sequenceBuffer.appendCodePoint(c);
 1185                   }
 1186                   String ea = produceEquivalentAlternation(
 1187                                                  sequenceBuffer.toString());
 1188                   newPattern.setLength(newPattern.length()-Character.charCount(lastCodePoint));
 1189                   newPattern.append("(?:").append(ea).append(")");
 1190               } else if (c == '[' && lastCodePoint != '\\') {
 1191                   i = normalizeCharClass(newPattern, i);
 1192               } else {
 1193                   newPattern.appendCodePoint(c);
 1194               }
 1195               lastCodePoint = c;
 1196               i += Character.charCount(c);
 1197           }
 1198           normalizedPattern = newPattern.toString();
 1199       }
 1200   
 1201       /**
 1202        * Complete the character class being parsed and add a set
 1203        * of alternations to it that will match the canonical equivalences
 1204        * of the characters within the class.
 1205        */
 1206       private int normalizeCharClass(StringBuilder newPattern, int i) {
 1207           StringBuilder charClass = new StringBuilder();
 1208           StringBuilder eq = null;
 1209           int lastCodePoint = -1;
 1210           String result;
 1211   
 1212           i++;
 1213           charClass.append("[");
 1214           while(true) {
 1215               int c = normalizedPattern.codePointAt(i);
 1216               StringBuilder sequenceBuffer;
 1217   
 1218               if (c == ']' && lastCodePoint != '\\') {
 1219                   charClass.append((char)c);
 1220                   break;
 1221               } else if (Character.getType(c) == Character.NON_SPACING_MARK) {
 1222                   sequenceBuffer = new StringBuilder();
 1223                   sequenceBuffer.appendCodePoint(lastCodePoint);
 1224                   while(Character.getType(c) == Character.NON_SPACING_MARK) {
 1225                       sequenceBuffer.appendCodePoint(c);
 1226                       i += Character.charCount(c);
 1227                       if (i >= normalizedPattern.length())
 1228                           break;
 1229                       c = normalizedPattern.codePointAt(i);
 1230                   }
 1231                   String ea = produceEquivalentAlternation(
 1232                                                     sequenceBuffer.toString());
 1233   
 1234                   charClass.setLength(charClass.length()-Character.charCount(lastCodePoint));
 1235                   if (eq == null)
 1236                       eq = new StringBuilder();
 1237                   eq.append('|');
 1238                   eq.append(ea);
 1239               } else {
 1240                   charClass.appendCodePoint(c);
 1241                   i++;
 1242               }
 1243               if (i == normalizedPattern.length())
 1244                   throw error("Unclosed character class");
 1245               lastCodePoint = c;
 1246           }
 1247   
 1248           if (eq != null) {
 1249               result = "(?:"+charClass.toString()+eq.toString()+")";
 1250           } else {
 1251               result = charClass.toString();
 1252           }
 1253   
 1254           newPattern.append(result);
 1255           return i;
 1256       }
 1257   
 1258       /**
 1259        * Given a specific sequence composed of a regular character and
 1260        * combining marks that follow it, produce the alternation that will
 1261        * match all canonical equivalences of that sequence.
 1262        */
 1263       private String produceEquivalentAlternation(String source) {
 1264           int len = countChars(source, 0, 1);
 1265           if (source.length() == len)
 1266               // source has one character.
 1267               return source;
 1268   
 1269           String base = source.substring(0,len);
 1270           String combiningMarks = source.substring(len);
 1271   
 1272           String[] perms = producePermutations(combiningMarks);
 1273           StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(source);
 1274   
 1275           // Add combined permutations
 1276           for(int x=0; x<perms.length; x++) {
 1277               String next = base + perms[x];
 1278               if (x>0)
 1279                   result.append("|"+next);
 1280               next = composeOneStep(next);
 1281               if (next != null)
 1282                   result.append("|"+produceEquivalentAlternation(next));
 1283           }
 1284           return result.toString();
 1285       }
 1286   
 1287       /**
 1288        * Returns an array of strings that have all the possible
 1289        * permutations of the characters in the input string.
 1290        * This is used to get a list of all possible orderings
 1291        * of a set of combining marks. Note that some of the permutations
 1292        * are invalid because of combining class collisions, and these
 1293        * possibilities must be removed because they are not canonically
 1294        * equivalent.
 1295        */
 1296       private String[] producePermutations(String input) {
 1297           if (input.length() == countChars(input, 0, 1))
 1298               return new String[] {input};
 1299   
 1300           if (input.length() == countChars(input, 0, 2)) {
 1301               int c0 = Character.codePointAt(input, 0);
 1302               int c1 = Character.codePointAt(input, Character.charCount(c0));
 1303               if (getClass(c1) == getClass(c0)) {
 1304                   return new String[] {input};
 1305               }
 1306               String[] result = new String[2];
 1307               result[0] = input;
 1308               StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(2);
 1309               sb.appendCodePoint(c1);
 1310               sb.appendCodePoint(c0);
 1311               result[1] = sb.toString();
 1312               return result;
 1313           }
 1314   
 1315           int length = 1;
 1316           int nCodePoints = countCodePoints(input);
 1317           for(int x=1; x<nCodePoints; x++)
 1318               length = length * (x+1);
 1319   
 1320           String[] temp = new String[length];
 1321   
 1322           int combClass[] = new int[nCodePoints];
 1323           for(int x=0, i=0; x<nCodePoints; x++) {
 1324               int c = Character.codePointAt(input, i);
 1325               combClass[x] = getClass(c);
 1326               i +=  Character.charCount(c);
 1327           }
 1328   
 1329           // For each char, take it out and add the permutations
 1330           // of the remaining chars
 1331           int index = 0;
 1332           int len;
 1333           // offset maintains the index in code units.
 1334   loop:   for(int x=0, offset=0; x<nCodePoints; x++, offset+=len) {
 1335               len = countChars(input, offset, 1);
 1336               boolean skip = false;
 1337               for(int y=x-1; y>=0; y--) {
 1338                   if (combClass[y] == combClass[x]) {
 1339                       continue loop;
 1340                   }
 1341               }
 1342               StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(input);
 1343               String otherChars = sb.delete(offset, offset+len).toString();
 1344               String[] subResult = producePermutations(otherChars);
 1345   
 1346               String prefix = input.substring(offset, offset+len);
 1347               for(int y=0; y<subResult.length; y++)
 1348                   temp[index++] =  prefix + subResult[y];
 1349           }
 1350           String[] result = new String[index];
 1351           for (int x=0; x<index; x++)
 1352               result[x] = temp[x];
 1353           return result;
 1354       }
 1355   
 1356       private int getClass(int c) {
 1357           return sun.text.Normalizer.getCombiningClass(c);
 1358       }
 1359   
 1360       /**
 1361        * Attempts to compose input by combining the first character
 1362        * with the first combining mark following it. Returns a String
 1363        * that is the composition of the leading character with its first
 1364        * combining mark followed by the remaining combining marks. Returns
 1365        * null if the first two characters cannot be further composed.
 1366        */
 1367       private String composeOneStep(String input) {
 1368           int len = countChars(input, 0, 2);
 1369           String firstTwoCharacters = input.substring(0, len);
 1370           String result = Normalizer.normalize(firstTwoCharacters, Normalizer.Form.NFC);
 1371   
 1372           if (result.equals(firstTwoCharacters))
 1373               return null;
 1374           else {
 1375               String remainder = input.substring(len);
 1376               return result + remainder;
 1377           }
 1378       }
 1379   
 1380       /**
 1381        * Preprocess any \Q...\E sequences in `temp', meta-quoting them.
 1382        * See the description of `quotemeta' in perlfunc(1).
 1383        */
 1384       private void RemoveQEQuoting() {
 1385           final int pLen = patternLength;
 1386           int i = 0;
 1387           while (i < pLen-1) {
 1388               if (temp[i] != '\\')
 1389                   i += 1;
 1390               else if (temp[i + 1] != 'Q')
 1391                   i += 2;
 1392               else
 1393                   break;
 1394           }
 1395           if (i >= pLen - 1)    // No \Q sequence found
 1396               return;
 1397           int j = i;
 1398           i += 2;
 1399           int[] newtemp = new int[j + 2*(pLen-i) + 2];
 1400           System.arraycopy(temp, 0, newtemp, 0, j);
 1401   
 1402           boolean inQuote = true;
 1403           while (i < pLen) {
 1404               int c = temp[i++];
 1405               if (! ASCII.isAscii(c) || ASCII.isAlnum(c)) {
 1406                   newtemp[j++] = c;
 1407               } else if (c != '\\') {
 1408                   if (inQuote) newtemp[j++] = '\\';
 1409                   newtemp[j++] = c;
 1410               } else if (inQuote) {
 1411                   if (temp[i] == 'E') {
 1412                       i++;
 1413                       inQuote = false;
 1414                   } else {
 1415                       newtemp[j++] = '\\';
 1416                       newtemp[j++] = '\\';
 1417                   }
 1418               } else {
 1419                   if (temp[i] == 'Q') {
 1420                       i++;
 1421                       inQuote = true;
 1422                   } else {
 1423                       newtemp[j++] = c;
 1424                       if (i != pLen)
 1425                           newtemp[j++] = temp[i++];
 1426                   }
 1427               }
 1428           }
 1429   
 1430           patternLength = j;
 1431           temp = Arrays.copyOf(newtemp, j + 2); // double zero termination
 1432       }
 1433   
 1434       /**
 1435        * Copies regular expression to an int array and invokes the parsing
 1436        * of the expression which will create the object tree.
 1437        */
 1438       private void compile() {
 1439           // Handle canonical equivalences
 1440           if (has(CANON_EQ) && !has(LITERAL)) {
 1441               normalize();
 1442           } else {
 1443               normalizedPattern = pattern;
 1444           }
 1445           patternLength = normalizedPattern.length();
 1446   
 1447           // Copy pattern to int array for convenience
 1448           // Use double zero to terminate pattern
 1449           temp = new int[patternLength + 2];
 1450   
 1451           boolean hasSupplementary = false;
 1452           int c, count = 0;
 1453           // Convert all chars into code points
 1454           for (int x = 0; x < patternLength; x += Character.charCount(c)) {
 1455               c = normalizedPattern.codePointAt(x);
 1456               if (isSupplementary(c)) {
 1457                   hasSupplementary = true;
 1458               }
 1459               temp[count++] = c;
 1460           }
 1461   
 1462           patternLength = count;   // patternLength now in code points
 1463   
 1464           if (! has(LITERAL))
 1465               RemoveQEQuoting();
 1466   
 1467           // Allocate all temporary objects here.
 1468           buffer = new int[32];
 1469           groupNodes = new GroupHead[10];
 1470   
 1471           if (has(LITERAL)) {
 1472               // Literal pattern handling
 1473               matchRoot = newSlice(temp, patternLength, hasSupplementary);
 1474               matchRoot.next = lastAccept;
 1475           } else {
 1476               // Start recursive descent parsing
 1477               matchRoot = expr(lastAccept);
 1478               // Check extra pattern characters
 1479               if (patternLength != cursor) {
 1480                   if (peek() == ')') {
 1481                       throw error("Unmatched closing ')'");
 1482                   } else {
 1483                       throw error("Unexpected internal error");
 1484                   }
 1485               }
 1486           }
 1487   
 1488           // Peephole optimization
 1489           if (matchRoot instanceof Slice) {
 1490               root = BnM.optimize(matchRoot);
 1491               if (root == matchRoot) {
 1492                   root = hasSupplementary ? new StartS(matchRoot) : new Start(matchRoot);
 1493               }
 1494           } else if (matchRoot instanceof Begin || matchRoot instanceof First) {
 1495               root = matchRoot;
 1496           } else {
 1497               root = hasSupplementary ? new StartS(matchRoot) : new Start(matchRoot);
 1498           }
 1499   
 1500           // Release temporary storage
 1501           temp = null;
 1502           buffer = null;
 1503           groupNodes = null;
 1504           patternLength = 0;
 1505           compiled = true;
 1506       }
 1507   
 1508       /**
 1509        * Used to print out a subtree of the Pattern to help with debugging.
 1510        */
 1511       private static void printObjectTree(Node node) {
 1512           while(node != null) {
 1513               if (node instanceof Prolog) {
 1514                   System.out.println(node);
 1515                   printObjectTree(((Prolog)node).loop);
 1516                   System.out.println("**** end contents prolog loop");
 1517               } else if (node instanceof Loop) {
 1518                   System.out.println(node);
 1519                   printObjectTree(((Loop)node).body);
 1520                   System.out.println("**** end contents Loop body");
 1521               } else if (node instanceof Curly) {
 1522                   System.out.println(node);
 1523                   printObjectTree(((Curly)node).atom);
 1524                   System.out.println("**** end contents Curly body");
 1525               } else if (node instanceof GroupCurly) {
 1526                   System.out.println(node);
 1527                   printObjectTree(((GroupCurly)node).atom);
 1528                   System.out.println("**** end contents GroupCurly body");
 1529               } else if (node instanceof GroupTail) {
 1530                   System.out.println(node);
 1531                   System.out.println("Tail next is "+node.next);
 1532                   return;
 1533               } else {
 1534                   System.out.println(node);
 1535               }
 1536               node = node.next;
 1537               if (node != null)
 1538                   System.out.println("->next:");
 1539               if (node == Pattern.accept) {
 1540                   System.out.println("Accept Node");
 1541                   node = null;
 1542               }
 1543          }
 1544       }
 1545   
 1546       /**
 1547        * Used to accumulate information about a subtree of the object graph
 1548        * so that optimizations can be applied to the subtree.
 1549        */
 1550       static final class TreeInfo {
 1551           int minLength;
 1552           int maxLength;
 1553           boolean maxValid;
 1554           boolean deterministic;
 1555   
 1556           TreeInfo() {
 1557               reset();
 1558           }
 1559           void reset() {
 1560               minLength = 0;
 1561               maxLength = 0;
 1562               maxValid = true;
 1563               deterministic = true;
 1564           }
 1565       }
 1566   
 1567       /*
 1568        * The following private methods are mainly used to improve the
 1569        * readability of the code. In order to let the Java compiler easily
 1570        * inline them, we should not put many assertions or error checks in them.
 1571        */
 1572   
 1573       /**
 1574        * Indicates whether a particular flag is set or not.
 1575        */
 1576       private boolean has(int f) {
 1577           return (flags & f) != 0;
 1578       }
 1579   
 1580       /**
 1581        * Match next character, signal error if failed.
 1582        */
 1583       private void accept(int ch, String s) {
 1584           int testChar = temp[cursor++];
 1585           if (has(COMMENTS))
 1586               testChar = parsePastWhitespace(testChar);
 1587           if (ch != testChar) {
 1588               throw error(s);
 1589           }
 1590       }
 1591   
 1592       /**
 1593        * Mark the end of pattern with a specific character.
 1594        */
 1595       private void mark(int c) {
 1596           temp[patternLength] = c;
 1597       }
 1598   
 1599       /**
 1600        * Peek the next character, and do not advance the cursor.
 1601        */
 1602       private int peek() {
 1603           int ch = temp[cursor];
 1604           if (has(COMMENTS))
 1605               ch = peekPastWhitespace(ch);
 1606           return ch;
 1607       }
 1608   
 1609       /**
 1610        * Read the next character, and advance the cursor by one.
 1611        */
 1612       private int read() {
 1613           int ch = temp[cursor++];
 1614           if (has(COMMENTS))
 1615               ch = parsePastWhitespace(ch);
 1616           return ch;
 1617       }
 1618   
 1619       /**
 1620        * Read the next character, and advance the cursor by one,
 1621        * ignoring the COMMENTS setting
 1622        */
 1623       private int readEscaped() {
 1624           int ch = temp[cursor++];
 1625           return ch;
 1626       }
 1627   
 1628       /**
 1629        * Advance the cursor by one, and peek the next character.
 1630        */
 1631       private int next() {
 1632           int ch = temp[++cursor];
 1633           if (has(COMMENTS))
 1634               ch = peekPastWhitespace(ch);
 1635           return ch;
 1636       }
 1637   
 1638       /**
 1639        * Advance the cursor by one, and peek the next character,
 1640        * ignoring the COMMENTS setting
 1641        */
 1642       private int nextEscaped() {
 1643           int ch = temp[++cursor];
 1644           return ch;
 1645       }
 1646   
 1647       /**
 1648        * If in xmode peek past whitespace and comments.
 1649        */
 1650       private int peekPastWhitespace(int ch) {
 1651           while (ASCII.isSpace(ch) || ch == '#') {
 1652               while (ASCII.isSpace(ch))
 1653                   ch = temp[++cursor];
 1654               if (ch == '#') {
 1655                   ch = peekPastLine();
 1656               }
 1657           }
 1658           return ch;
 1659       }
 1660   
 1661       /**
 1662        * If in xmode parse past whitespace and comments.
 1663        */
 1664       private int parsePastWhitespace(int ch) {
 1665           while (ASCII.isSpace(ch) || ch == '#') {
 1666               while (ASCII.isSpace(ch))
 1667                   ch = temp[cursor++];
 1668               if (ch == '#')
 1669                   ch = parsePastLine();
 1670           }
 1671           return ch;
 1672       }
 1673   
 1674       /**
 1675        * xmode parse past comment to end of line.
 1676        */
 1677       private int parsePastLine() {
 1678           int ch = temp[cursor++];
 1679           while (ch != 0 && !isLineSeparator(ch))
 1680               ch = temp[cursor++];
 1681           return ch;
 1682       }
 1683   
 1684       /**
 1685        * xmode peek past comment to end of line.
 1686        */
 1687       private int peekPastLine() {
 1688           int ch = temp[++cursor];
 1689           while (ch != 0 && !isLineSeparator(ch))
 1690               ch = temp[++cursor];
 1691           return ch;
 1692       }
 1693   
 1694       /**
 1695        * Determines if character is a line separator in the current mode
 1696        */
 1697       private boolean isLineSeparator(int ch) {
 1698           if (has(UNIX_LINES)) {
 1699               return ch == '\n';
 1700           } else {
 1701               return (ch == '\n' ||
 1702                       ch == '\r' ||
 1703                       (ch|1) == '\u2029' ||
 1704                       ch == '\u0085');
 1705           }
 1706       }
 1707   
 1708       /**
 1709        * Read the character after the next one, and advance the cursor by two.
 1710        */
 1711       private int skip() {
 1712           int i = cursor;
 1713           int ch = temp[i+1];
 1714           cursor = i + 2;
 1715           return ch;
 1716       }
 1717   
 1718       /**
 1719        * Unread one next character, and retreat cursor by one.
 1720        */
 1721       private void unread() {
 1722           cursor--;
 1723       }
 1724   
 1725       /**
 1726        * Internal method used for handling all syntax errors. The pattern is
 1727        * displayed with a pointer to aid in locating the syntax error.
 1728        */
 1729       private PatternSyntaxException error(String s) {
 1730           return new PatternSyntaxException(s, normalizedPattern,  cursor - 1);
 1731       }
 1732   
 1733       /**
 1734        * Determines if there is any supplementary character or unpaired
 1735        * surrogate in the specified range.
 1736        */
 1737       private boolean findSupplementary(int start, int end) {
 1738           for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
 1739               if (isSupplementary(temp[i]))
 1740                   return true;
 1741           }
 1742           return false;
 1743       }
 1744   
 1745       /**
 1746        * Determines if the specified code point is a supplementary
 1747        * character or unpaired surrogate.
 1748        */
 1749       private static final boolean isSupplementary(int ch) {
 1750           return ch >= Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT || isSurrogate(ch);
 1751       }
 1752   
 1753       /**
 1754        *  The following methods handle the main parsing. They are sorted
 1755        *  according to their precedence order, the lowest one first.
 1756        */
 1757   
 1758       /**
 1759        * The expression is parsed with branch nodes added for alternations.
 1760        * This may be called recursively to parse sub expressions that may
 1761        * contain alternations.
 1762        */
 1763       private Node expr(Node end) {
 1764           Node prev = null;
 1765           Node firstTail = null;
 1766           Node branchConn = null;
 1767   
 1768           for (;;) {
 1769               Node node = sequence(end);
 1770               Node nodeTail = root;      //double return
 1771               if (prev == null) {
 1772                   prev = node;
 1773                   firstTail = nodeTail;
 1774               } else {
 1775                   // Branch
 1776                   if (branchConn == null) {
 1777                       branchConn = new BranchConn();
 1778                       branchConn.next = end;
 1779                   }
 1780                   if (node == end) {
 1781                       // if the node returned from sequence() is "end"
 1782                       // we have an empty expr, set a null atom into
 1783                       // the branch to indicate to go "next" directly.
 1784                       node = null;
 1785                   } else {
 1786                       // the "tail.next" of each atom goes to branchConn
 1787                       nodeTail.next = branchConn;
 1788                   }
 1789                   if (prev instanceof Branch) {
 1790                       ((Branch)prev).add(node);
 1791                   } else {
 1792                       if (prev == end) {
 1793                           prev = null;
 1794                       } else {
 1795                           // replace the "end" with "branchConn" at its tail.next
 1796                           // when put the "prev" into the branch as the first atom.
 1797                           firstTail.next = branchConn;
 1798                       }
 1799                       prev = new Branch(prev, node, branchConn);
 1800                   }
 1801               }
 1802               if (peek() != '|') {
 1803                   return prev;
 1804               }
 1805               next();
 1806           }
 1807       }
 1808   
 1809       /**
 1810        * Parsing of sequences between alternations.
 1811        */
 1812       private Node sequence(Node end) {
 1813           Node head = null;
 1814           Node tail = null;
 1815           Node node = null;
 1816       LOOP:
 1817           for (;;) {
 1818               int ch = peek();
 1819               switch (ch) {
 1820               case '(':
 1821                   // Because group handles its own closure,
 1822                   // we need to treat it differently
 1823                   node = group0();
 1824                   // Check for comment or flag group
 1825                   if (node == null)
 1826                       continue;
 1827                   if (head == null)
 1828                       head = node;
 1829                   else
 1830                       tail.next = node;
 1831                   // Double return: Tail was returned in root
 1832                   tail = root;
 1833                   continue;
 1834               case '[':
 1835                   node = clazz(true);
 1836                   break;
 1837               case '\\':
 1838                   ch = nextEscaped();
 1839                   if (ch == 'p' || ch == 'P') {
 1840                       boolean oneLetter = true;
 1841                       boolean comp = (ch == 'P');
 1842                       ch = next(); // Consume { if present
 1843                       if (ch != '{') {
 1844                           unread();
 1845                       } else {
 1846                           oneLetter = false;
 1847                       }
 1848                       node = family(oneLetter).maybeComplement(comp);
 1849                   } else {
 1850                       unread();
 1851                       node = atom();
 1852                   }
 1853                   break;
 1854               case '^':
 1855                   next();
 1856                   if (has(MULTILINE)) {
 1857                       if (has(UNIX_LINES))
 1858                           node = new UnixCaret();
 1859                       else
 1860                           node = new Caret();
 1861                   } else {
 1862                       node = new Begin();
 1863                   }
 1864                   break;
 1865               case '$':
 1866                   next();
 1867                   if (has(UNIX_LINES))
 1868                       node = new UnixDollar(has(MULTILINE));
 1869                   else
 1870                       node = new Dollar(has(MULTILINE));
 1871                   break;
 1872               case '.':
 1873                   next();
 1874                   if (has(DOTALL)) {
 1875                       node = new All();
 1876                   } else {
 1877                       if (has(UNIX_LINES))
 1878                           node = new UnixDot();
 1879                       else {
 1880                           node = new Dot();
 1881                       }
 1882                   }
 1883                   break;
 1884               case '|':
 1885               case ')':
 1886                   break LOOP;
 1887               case ']': // Now interpreting dangling ] and } as literals
 1888               case '}':
 1889                   node = atom();
 1890                   break;
 1891               case '?':
 1892               case '*':
 1893               case '+':
 1894                   next();
 1895                   throw error("Dangling meta character '" + ((char)ch) + "'");
 1896               case 0:
 1897                   if (cursor >= patternLength) {
 1898                       break LOOP;
 1899                   }
 1900                   // Fall through
 1901               default:
 1902                   node = atom();
 1903                   break;
 1904               }
 1905   
 1906               node = closure(node);
 1907   
 1908               if (head == null) {
 1909                   head = tail = node;
 1910               } else {
 1911                   tail.next = node;
 1912                   tail = node;
 1913               }
 1914           }
 1915           if (head == null) {
 1916               return end;
 1917           }
 1918           tail.next = end;
 1919           root = tail;      //double return
 1920           return head;
 1921       }
 1922   
 1923       /**
 1924        * Parse and add a new Single or Slice.
 1925        */
 1926       private Node atom() {
 1927           int first = 0;
 1928           int prev = -1;
 1929           boolean hasSupplementary = false;
 1930           int ch = peek();
 1931           for (;;) {
 1932               switch (ch) {
 1933               case '*':
 1934               case '+':
 1935               case '?':
 1936               case '{':
 1937                   if (first > 1) {
 1938                       cursor = prev;    // Unwind one character
 1939                       first--;
 1940                   }
 1941                   break;
 1942               case '$':
 1943               case '.':
 1944               case '^':
 1945               case '(':
 1946               case '[':
 1947               case '|':
 1948               case ')':
 1949                   break;
 1950               case '\\':
 1951                   ch = nextEscaped();
 1952                   if (ch == 'p' || ch == 'P') { // Property
 1953                       if (first > 0) { // Slice is waiting; handle it first
 1954                           unread();
 1955                           break;
 1956                       } else { // No slice; just return the family node
 1957                           boolean comp = (ch == 'P');
 1958                           boolean oneLetter = true;
 1959                           ch = next(); // Consume { if present
 1960                           if (ch != '{')
 1961                               unread();
 1962                           else
 1963                               oneLetter = false;
 1964                           return family(oneLetter).maybeComplement(comp);
 1965                       }
 1966                   }
 1967                   unread();
 1968                   prev = cursor;
 1969                   ch = escape(false, first == 0);
 1970                   if (ch >= 0) {
 1971                       append(ch, first);
 1972                       first++;
 1973                       if (isSupplementary(ch)) {
 1974                           hasSupplementary = true;
 1975                       }
 1976                       ch = peek();
 1977                       continue;
 1978                   } else if (first == 0) {
 1979                       return root;
 1980                   }
 1981                   // Unwind meta escape sequence
 1982                   cursor = prev;
 1983                   break;
 1984               case 0:
 1985                   if (cursor >= patternLength) {
 1986                       break;
 1987                   }
 1988                   // Fall through
 1989               default:
 1990                   prev = cursor;
 1991                   append(ch, first);
 1992                   first++;
 1993                   if (isSupplementary(ch)) {
 1994                       hasSupplementary = true;
 1995                   }
 1996                   ch = next();
 1997                   continue;
 1998               }
 1999               break;
 2000           }
 2001           if (first == 1) {
 2002               return newSingle(buffer[0]);
 2003           } else {
 2004               return newSlice(buffer, first, hasSupplementary);
 2005           }
 2006       }
 2007   
 2008       private void append(int ch, int len) {
 2009           if (len >= buffer.length) {
 2010               int[] tmp = new int[len+len];
 2011               System.arraycopy(buffer, 0, tmp, 0, len);
 2012               buffer = tmp;
 2013           }
 2014           buffer[len] = ch;
 2015       }
 2016   
 2017       /**
 2018        * Parses a backref greedily, taking as many numbers as it
 2019        * can. The first digit is always treated as a backref, but
 2020        * multi digit numbers are only treated as a backref if at
 2021        * least that many backrefs exist at this point in the regex.
 2022        */
 2023       private Node ref(int refNum) {
 2024           boolean done = false;
 2025           while(!done) {
 2026               int ch = peek();
 2027               switch(ch) {
 2028               case '0':
 2029               case '1':
 2030               case '2':
 2031               case '3':
 2032               case '4':
 2033               case '5':
 2034               case '6':
 2035               case '7':
 2036               case '8':
 2037               case '9':
 2038                   int newRefNum = (refNum * 10) + (ch - '0');
 2039                   // Add another number if it doesn't make a group
 2040                   // that doesn't exist
 2041                   if (capturingGroupCount - 1 < newRefNum) {
 2042                       done = true;
 2043                       break;
 2044                   }
 2045                   refNum = newRefNum;
 2046                   read();
 2047                   break;
 2048               default:
 2049                   done = true;
 2050                   break;
 2051               }
 2052           }
 2053           if (has(CASE_INSENSITIVE))
 2054               return new CIBackRef(refNum, has(UNICODE_CASE));
 2055           else
 2056               return new BackRef(refNum);
 2057       }
 2058   
 2059       /**
 2060        * Parses an escape sequence to determine the actual value that needs
 2061        * to be matched.
 2062        * If -1 is returned and create was true a new object was added to the tree
 2063        * to handle the escape sequence.
 2064        * If the returned value is greater than zero, it is the value that
 2065        * matches the escape sequence.
 2066        */
 2067       private int escape(boolean inclass, boolean create) {
 2068           int ch = skip();
 2069           switch (ch) {
 2070           case '0':
 2071               return o();
 2072           case '1':
 2073           case '2':
 2074           case '3':
 2075           case '4':
 2076           case '5':
 2077           case '6':
 2078           case '7':
 2079           case '8':
 2080           case '9':
 2081               if (inclass) break;
 2082               if (create) {
 2083                   root = ref((ch - '0'));
 2084               }
 2085               return -1;
 2086           case 'A':
 2087               if (inclass) break;
 2088               if (create) root = new Begin();
 2089               return -1;
 2090           case 'B':
 2091               if (inclass) break;
 2092               if (create) root = new Bound(Bound.NONE);
 2093               return -1;
 2094           case 'C':
 2095               break;
 2096           case 'D':
 2097               if (create) root = new Ctype(ASCII.DIGIT).complement();
 2098               return -1;
 2099           case 'E':
 2100           case 'F':
 2101               break;
 2102           case 'G':
 2103               if (inclass) break;
 2104               if (create) root = new LastMatch();
 2105               return -1;
 2106           case 'H':
 2107           case 'I':
 2108           case 'J':
 2109           case 'K':
 2110           case 'L':
 2111           case 'M':
 2112           case 'N':
 2113           case 'O':
 2114           case 'P':
 2115           case 'Q':
 2116           case 'R':
 2117               break;
 2118           case 'S':
 2119               if (create) root = new Ctype(ASCII.SPACE).complement();
 2120               return -1;
 2121           case 'T':
 2122           case 'U':
 2123           case 'V':
 2124               break;
 2125           case 'W':
 2126               if (create) root = new Ctype(ASCII.WORD).complement();
 2127               return -1;
 2128           case 'X':
 2129           case 'Y':
 2130               break;
 2131           case 'Z':
 2132               if (inclass) break;
 2133               if (create) {
 2134                   if (has(UNIX_LINES))
 2135                       root = new UnixDollar(false);
 2136                   else
 2137                       root = new Dollar(false);
 2138               }
 2139               return -1;
 2140           case 'a':
 2141               return '\007';
 2142           case 'b':
 2143               if (inclass) break;
 2144               if (create) root = new Bound(Bound.BOTH);
 2145               return -1;
 2146           case 'c':
 2147               return c();
 2148           case 'd':
 2149               if (create) root = new Ctype(ASCII.DIGIT);
 2150               return -1;
 2151           case 'e':
 2152               return '\033';
 2153           case 'f':
 2154               return '\f';
 2155           case 'g':
 2156           case 'h':
 2157           case 'i':
 2158           case 'j':
 2159           case 'k':
 2160           case 'l':
 2161           case 'm':
 2162               break;
 2163           case 'n':
 2164               return '\n';
 2165