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import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class RegexDemo {

  private static String REGEX = "a*b";
  private static String INPUT = "aabfooaabfooabfoob";
  private static String REPLACE = "-";

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile(REGEX);
    Matcher m = p.matcher(INPUT); // get a matcher object
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    while (m.find()) {
      m.appendReplacement(sb, REPLACE);
    }
    m.appendTail(sb);
    System.out.println(sb.toString());
  }
}








8.4.Matcher
8.4.1.Create a Matcher from Pattern
8.4.2.Matcher.start() method
8.4.3.Matcher.end(int) method
8.4.4.Matcher.LookingAt method
8.4.5.Matcher.matches method
8.4.6.Matcher.pattern method
8.4.7.Matcher.replaceAll method
8.4.8.Matcher.reset(CharSequence) method
8.4.9.Matcher.group() method
8.4.10.Matcher.find method
8.4.11.Matcher.find(int) method
8.4.12.Find the starting point of the first 'Bond'
8.4.13.Demonstrates the usage of the Matcher.reset() method
8.4.14.Matcher.appendReplacement method
8.4.15.REGEX = '\\bdog\\b'
8.4.16.lookingAt vs matches