PatternCompiler

All Known Implementing Classes:

Platform.JdkPatternCompiler
```
interface PatternCompiler
```
Pluggable interface for compiling a regex pattern. By default this package uses the java.util.regex library, but an alternate implementation can be supplied using the ServiceLoader mechanism.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CommonPattern`	`compile(java.lang.String pattern)`	Compiles the given pattern.
`boolean`	`isPcreLike()`	Returns `true` if the regex implementation behaves like Perl -- notably, by supporting possessive quantifiers but also being susceptible to catastrophic backtracking.

- Method Detail
  - compile
```
CommonPattern compile(java.lang.String pattern)
```
    Compiles the given pattern.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the pattern is invalid
  - isPcreLike
```
boolean isPcreLike()
```
    Returns true if the regex implementation behaves like Perl -- notably, by supporting possessive quantifiers but also being susceptible to catastrophic backtracking.