The writing and progression of material are good. The examples are very well thought out and explained.

— Simon P. Chappell, Slashdot contributor

Java has always been an excellent language for working with objects. But Javas text manipulation mechanisms have always been limited, compared to languages like AWK and Perl. On the flip side, a new regular expressions package in Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) brings hope to the Java text mechanisms. This package provides you everything necessary to use regular expressionsall packaged in a simplified object-oriented framework.

In addition to working examples and best practices, this book features a detailed API reference with examples supporting nearly every method, and a step-by-step tutorial to create your own regular expressions. With time, youll discover that regular expressions are extremely powerful in your programming arsenaland youll enjoy using them! And once youve mastered these tools, youll ponder how you ever managed without them?

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Java has always been an excellent language for working with objects. However, Javas text manipulation mechanisms have always been somewhat limited, especially when compared to languages such as AWK and Perl. The introduction of an excellent regular expressions package into Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) rectifies this. The new java.util.regex package offers everything a developer needs to use regular expressions, all packaged in an easy-to-use, object-oriented framework.

This book is a valuable reference for learning about regular expressions in Java. It focuses on the use of regular expressions in the Java language. This book offers working examples, best practices, an extremely detailed API reference with examples for almost every method, and a step-by-step tutorial on how to go about forming your own regular expressions.

You will find that regular expressions can be an extremely powerful tool in your programming arsenal, as well an elegant instrument that you will enjoy using. After mastering these tools, you will wonder at how you ever managed without them.



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This book starts very well with a practical, easy to follow, step-to-step introduction to regular expressions and their use with Java. This is to be appreciated since regexp are a complex subject that can easily be presented in an intimidating and obscure way. The problem is, this books never soars over this elementary level and in the end leaves you a bit disappointed even if you are totally new to the subject. The book is small and there are lots of white spaces, repetitions and not so useful discussions. I am under the unpleasant impression that the author and publisher realized the book lacked some meat and tried to cover up for it. It can still be a useful text if you want a really gentle intro to regexp usage in Java, but be warned that it lacks a serious and convincing treatment of regexp syntax. You will come out from this book with the ability to use regular expresisons only for really simple cases. The subtitle should be "a light intro to java.util.regex engine" and not certainly "taming the java.util.regex engine". Comment | Permalink | (Report this)