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

## Uses of Interface
java.util.regex.MatchResult

- Packages that use MatchResult
  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.

- - ### Uses of MatchResult in java.util

    Methods in java.util that return MatchResult
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `MatchResult` | Scanner.`match()` Returns the match result of the last scanning operation performed by this scanner.

  - ### Uses of MatchResult in java.util.regex

    Classes in java.util.regex that implement MatchResult
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `Matcher` An engine that performs match operations on a character sequence by interpreting a `Pattern`.

    Methods in java.util.regex that return MatchResult
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `MatchResult` | Matcher.`toMatchResult()` Returns the match state of this matcher as a `MatchResult`.

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