import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final String regex = "<inventor sequence=\"[^\"]*\" designation=\"[^\"]*\">(.*?)<\\/inventor>";
final String string = "<inventor sequence=\"001\" designation=\"us-only\"><addressbook><last-name>Li</last-name><first-name>Shuo</first-name><address><city>Beijing</city><country>CN</country></address></addressbook></inventor><inventor sequence=\"002\" designation=\"us-only\"><addressbook><last-name>Liu</last-name><first-name>Xin Peng</first-name><address><city>Beijing</city><country>CN</country></address></addressbook></inventor><inventor sequence=\"003\" designation=\"us-only\"><addressbook><last-name>Sun</last-name><first-name>Sheng Yan</first-name><address><city>Beijing</city><country>CN</country></address></addressbook></inventor><inventor sequence=\"004\" designation=\"us-only\"><addressbook><last-name>Wang</last-name><first-name>Hua</first-name><address><city>Littleton</city><state>MA</state><country>US</country></address></addressbook></inventor><inventor sequence=\"005\" designation=\"us-only\"><addressbook><last-name>Wang</last-name><first-name>Jun</first-name><address><city>Littleton</city><state>MA</state><country>US</country></address></addressbook></inventor>";
final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.MULTILINE);
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