[jira] [Created] (LANG-1156) RegexUtils - A utility class for common regex based operation

["Saif Asif (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Saif Asif created LANG-1156:
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             Summary: RegexUtils - A utility class for common regex based operation
                 Key: LANG-1156
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1156
             Project: Commons Lang
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: lang.*
            Reporter: Saif Asif


It would be nice to have a utility class for basic regex operations. Some of the features that it may contain

* some basic regex patterns and their application methods
** e.g a robust csv parser, or fetch keys and values from key1=value1,key2=value2. Instead of writing up regexs, one can use these utility methods 
* apply a pattern on a string
* retrieve certain groups based on a particular criteria 
* escape certain characters in a string

Class can look like 
{code:title=RegexUtils.java|borderStyle=solid}
    public static final CSV_SPLITTER_REGEX = "someRobustPattern"

    public static final String getCsvSplitterRegex(String delimiter){
        return "delimiterSpecificPattern";
    }
{code}



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