regex101: XML matching nodes

Pro

1st Alternative((<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[^>]*)\/\s*>)

Group 1((<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[^>]*)\/\s*>)

Group 2(<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[^>]*)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 3([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

matchNodethe literal text matchNode (case sensitive)

Negated Character Class[^>]*

*matches any number of characters outside the set below:

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

\s*any whitespace character, repeated any number of times

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

2nd Alternative(((<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[\s\S]*?)>(([\s\S]*?)))<\/([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode>)

Group 4(((<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[\s\S]*?)>(([\s\S]*?)))<\/([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode>)

Group 5((<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[\s\S]*?)>(([\s\S]*?)))

Group 6(<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[\s\S]*?)

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

Group 7([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

matchNodethe literal text matchNode (case sensitive)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

>the literal > (62₁₀ / 76₈ / 3E₁₆)

Group 8(([\s\S]*?))

Group 9([\s\S]*?)

Character Class[\s\S]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

\sany whitespace character

\Sany non-whitespace character

<the literal < (60₁₀ / 74₈ / 3C₁₆)

\/the literal / (47₁₀ / 57₈ / 2F₁₆)

Group 10([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Character Class[a-zA-Z0-9]*

*matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

0-9one character from 0 (48₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

:the literal : (58₁₀ / 72₈ / 3A₁₆)

matchNode>the literal text matchNode> (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

25 tokens

Regular Expression

((<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[^>]*)\/\s*>)|(((<([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode[\s\S]*?)>(([\s\S]*?)))<\/([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)*matchNode>)

New

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root xmlns:xx12="www.example.com">
  <xx12:matchNode so="what">also matched</xx12:matchNode>
  <matchNode/>
  <matchNode>matched</matchNode>
  <xx12:matchNode/>
  <unmatchNode>
  </unmatchNode>
  <xx12:matchNode>also matched</xx12:matchNode>
  <matchNode attr="12" test="false">
     matched
  </matchNode>
</root>

Extraction

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root xmlns:xx12="www.example.com">
  <xx12:matchNode so="what">also matched</xx12:matchNode>
  <matchNode/>
  <matchNode>matched</matchNode>
  <xx12:matchNode/>
  <unmatchNode>
  </unmatchNode>
  <xx12:matchNode>also matched</xx12:matchNode>
  <matchNode attr="12" test="false">
     matched
  </matchNode>
</root>