[jira] [Created] (LANG-1185) Add remove by regular expression methods in StringUtils

["Loic Guibert (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Loic Guibert created LANG-1185:
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             Summary: Add remove by regular expression methods in StringUtils
                 Key: LANG-1185
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1185
             Project: Commons Lang
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: lang.*
            Reporter: Loic Guibert
            Assignee: Loic Guibert


Add null safe methods in {{StringUtils}} to remove from text by regular expression :
{code:java}
public static String removeAll(final String text, final String regex);
public static String removeFirst(final String text, final String regex);
{code}


The {{removePattern(final String source, final String regex)}} method adds {{Pattern#DOTALL}} option by default which may be undesired.

More details :
{code:java}
/**
 * <p>Removes each substring of the text String that matches the given regular expression.</p>
 *
 * This method is a {@code null} safe equivalent to:
 * <ul>
 *  <li>{@code text.replaceAll(regex, StringUtils.EMPTY)}</li>
 *  <li>{@code Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(text).replaceAll(StringUtils.EMPTY)}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>A {@code null} reference passed to this method is a no-op.</p>
 *
 * <p>Unlike in the {@link #removePattern(String, String)} method, the {@link Pattern#DOTALL} option
 * is NOT automatically added.
 * To use the DOTALL option prepend <code>"(?s)"</code> to the regex.
 * DOTALL is also know as single-line mode in Perl.</p>
 *
 * <pre>
 * StringUtils.removeAll(null, *)      = null
 * StringUtils.removeAll("any", null)  = "any"
 * StringUtils.removeAll("any", "")    = "any"
 * StringUtils.removeAll("any", ".*")  = ""
 * StringUtils.removeAll("any", ".+")  = ""
 * StringUtils.removeAll("abc", ".?")  = ""
 * StringUtils.removeAll("A<__>\n<__>B", "<.*>")      = "A\nB"
 * StringUtils.removeAll("A<__>\n<__>B", "(?s)<.*>")  = "AB"
 * StringUtils.removeAll("ABCabc123abc", "[a-z]")     = "ABC123"
 * </pre>
 *
 * @param text  text to remove from, may be null
 * @param regex  the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
 * @return  the text with any removes processed,
 *              {@code null} if null String input
 *
 * @throws  java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException
 *              if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
 *
 * @see #replaceAll(String, String, String)
 * @see #removePattern(String, String)
 * @see String#replaceAll(String, String)
 * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
 * @see java.util.regex.Pattern#DOTALL
 * @since 3.5
 */
public static String removeAll(final String text, final String regex);

/**
 * <p>Removes the first substring of the text string that matches the given regular expression.</p>
 *
 * This method is a {@code null} safe equivalent to:
 * <ul>
 *  <li>{@code text.replaceFirst(regex, StringUtils.EMPTY)}</li>
 *  <li>{@code Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(text).replaceFirst(StringUtils.EMPTY)}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>A {@code null} reference passed to this method is a no-op.</p>
 *
 * <p>The {@link Pattern#DOTALL} option is NOT automatically added.
 * To use the DOTALL option prepend <code>"(?s)"</code> to the regex.
 * DOTALL is also know as single-line mode in Perl.</p>
 *
 * <pre>
 * StringUtils.removeFirst(null, *)      = null
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("any", null)  = "any"
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("any", "")    = "any"
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("any", ".*")  = ""
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("any", ".+")  = ""
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("abc", ".?")  = "bc"
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("A<__>\n<__>B", "<.*>")      = "A\n<__>B"
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("A<__>\n<__>B", "(?s)<.*>")  = "AB"
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("ABCabc123", "[a-z]")          = "ABCbc123"
 * StringUtils.removeFirst("ABCabc123abc", "[a-z]+")      = "ABC123abc"
 * </pre>
 *
 * @param text  text to remove from, may be null
 * @param regex  the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
 * @return  the text with the first replacement processed,
 *              {@code null} if null String input
 *
 * @throws  java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException
 *              if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
 *
 * @see #replaceFirst(String, String, String)
 * @see String#replaceFirst(String, String)
 * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
 * @see java.util.regex.Pattern#DOTALL
 * @since 3.5
 */
public static String removeFirst(final String text, final String regex);
{code}




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