matches 和 lookingAt 方法都用来尝试匹配一个输入序列模式。它们的不同是 matches 要求整个序列都匹配,而lookingAt 不要求。
lookingAt 方法虽然不需要整句都匹配,但是需要从第一个字符开始匹配。
这两个方法经常在输入字符串的开始使用。
我们通过下面这个例子,来解释这个功能:
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class RegexMatches
{
private static final String REGEX = "foo";
private static final String INPUT = "fooooooooooooooooo";
private static final String INPUT2 = "ooooofoooooooooooo";
private static Pattern pattern;
private static Matcher matcher;
private static Matcher matcher2;
public static void main( String args[] ){
pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX);
matcher = pattern.matcher(INPUT);
matcher2 = pattern.matcher(INPUT2);
System.out.println("Current REGEX is: "+REGEX);
System.out.println("Current INPUT is: "+INPUT);
System.out.println("Current INPUT2 is: "+INPUT2);
System.out.println("lookingAt(): "+matcher.lookingAt());
System.out.println("matches(): "+matcher.matches());
System.out.println("lookingAt(): "+matcher2.lookingAt());
}
}