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  • All Tokens
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  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "(?:\\G|<saml:Attribute\\s*+Name=\"example\"[^\\/>]*+>)(?:\\s*+<saml:AttributeValue\\s*+xsi:type=\"xs:string\"[^\\/>]*+>(?<value>[^<]*+)<\\/saml:AttributeValue[^>]*+>|\\s*+<[^\\/][^\\/>]*+>[^<]*+<\\/[^>]*+>|\\s*+<[^\\/][^>\\/]*+\\/>)"; final String string = "<samlp:Response xmlns:samlp=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol\" xmlns:saml=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion\" ID=\"_8e8dc5f69a98cc4c1ff3427e5ce34606fd672f91e6\" Version=\"2.0\" IssueInstant=\"2014-07-17T01:01:48Z\" Destination=\"http://sp.example.com/demo1/index.php?acs\" InResponseTo=\"ONELOGIN_4fee3b046395c4e751011e97f8900b5273d56685\">\n" + " <saml:Issuer>http://idp.example.com/metadata.php</saml:Issuer>\n" + " <samlp:Status>\n" + " <samlp:StatusCode Value=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Success\"/>\n" + " </samlp:Status>\n" + " <saml:Assertion xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\" ID=\"_d71a3a8e9fcc45c9e9d248ef7049393fc8f04e5f75\" Version=\"2.0\" IssueInstant=\"2014-07-17T01:01:48Z\">\n" + " <saml:Issuer>http://idp.example.com/metadata.php</saml:Issuer>\n" + " <saml:Subject>\n" + " <saml:NameID SPNameQualifier=\"http://sp.example.com/demo1/metadata.php\" Format=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient\">_ce3d2948b4cf20146dee0a0b3dd6f69b6cf86f62d7</saml:NameID>\n" + " <saml:SubjectConfirmation Method=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer\">\n" + " <saml:SubjectConfirmationData NotOnOrAfter=\"2024-01-18T06:21:48Z\" Recipient=\"http://sp.example.com/demo1/index.php?acs\" InResponseTo=\"ONELOGIN_4fee3b046395c4e751011e97f8900b5273d56685\"/>\n" + " </saml:SubjectConfirmation>\n" + " </saml:Subject>\n" + " <saml:Conditions NotBefore=\"2014-07-17T01:01:18Z\" NotOnOrAfter=\"2024-01-18T06:21:48Z\">\n" + " <saml:AudienceRestriction>\n" + " <saml:Audience>http://sp.example.com/demo1/metadata.php</saml:Audience>\n" + " </saml:AudienceRestriction>\n" + " </saml:Conditions>\n" + " <saml:AuthnStatement AuthnInstant=\"2014-07-17T01:01:48Z\" SessionNotOnOrAfter=\"2024-07-17T09:01:48Z\" SessionIndex=\"_be9967abd904ddcae3c0eb4189adbe3f71e327cf93\">\n" + " <saml:AuthnContext>\n" + " <saml:AuthnContextClassRef>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:Password</saml:AuthnContextClassRef>\n" + " </saml:AuthnContext>\n" + " </saml:AuthnStatement>\n" + " <saml:AttributeStatement>\n" + " <saml:Attribute Name=\"uid\" NameFormat=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic\">\n" + " <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type=\"xs:string\">test</saml:AttributeValue>\n" + " </saml:Attribute>\n" + " <saml:Attribute Name=\"mail\" NameFormat=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic\">\n" + " <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type=\"xs:string\">test@example.com</saml:AttributeValue>\n" + " </saml:Attribute>\n" + " <saml:Attribute Name=\"example\" NameFormat=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic\">\n" + " <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type=\"xs:string\">users</saml:AttributeValue>\n" + " <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type=\"xs:string\">examplerole1</saml:AttributeValue>\n" + " </saml:Attribute>\n" + " </saml:AttributeStatement>\n" + " </saml:Assertion>\n" + "</samlp:Response>"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.DOTALL); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); while (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0)); for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i)); } } } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html