Testing Java Regular Expressions: A Useful Harness

Have added here the modified code of a test harness, RegexTestHarness.java, for exploring the regular expression constructs supported by Java RegEx API. The command to run this code is java RegexTestHarness; no command-line arguments are accepted. The application loops repeatedly, prompting the user for a regular expression and input string. Using this test harness is optional, but you may find it convenient for exploring the test cases discussed in the following pages.

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;

public class RegexTestHarness {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

		while (true) {
			try{
				System.out.println("Enter your regex: ");
				String regExStr = in.readLine();
				Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regExStr);

				System.out.println("\nEnter input string to search: ");
				String inputStr = in.readLine();
				Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputStr);

				boolean found = false;
				while (matcher.find()) {
					System.out.println("\nI found the text " + matcher.group() 
                                                        + " starting at index "
							+ matcher.start() + " and ending at " + matcher.end());
					found = true;
				}
				if (!found) {
					System.out.println("\nNo match found.");
				}
			}
			catch (Exception e) {
				System.out.println("\nCaught an exception. Description: " + e.getMessage());
			}
			System.out.println("---------");
		}
	}
}

 

Source:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/test_harness.html

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