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In this chapter, I provide some suggestions for using regular expressions in the context of a fully object-oriented language such as Java. This can, and often should, be a different experience than in more procedural languages, because Java offers a different toolset. This chapter covers when to use the java.util.regex package, when not to use it, and when to complement the java.util.regex package with other Java features.
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Habibi, M. (2004). Object-Oriented Regex. In: Java Regular Expressions: Taming the java.util.regex Engine. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0709-2_4
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