Uses of Package java.util.regex (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-17

# Uses of Package
java.util.regex

- Packages that use java.util.regex
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.util | Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array).
  java.util.regex | Classes for matching character sequences against patterns specified by regular expressions.

- Classes in java.util.regex used by java.util
  Class and Description
  MatchResult The result of a match operation.
  Pattern A compiled representation of a regular expression.

- Classes in java.util.regex used by java.util.regex
  Class and Description
  Matcher An engine that performs match operations on a character sequence by interpreting a `Pattern`.
  MatchResult The result of a match operation.
  Pattern A compiled representation of a regular expression.

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