Ballerina Regex Library
The regex
library is one of the standard libraries of the Ballerina language.
This provides functions for regex functionalities such as checking whether a string matches a given regex, replacing substrings, and splitting strings based on a regex.
For more information go to The Regex Module.
For example demonstrations of the usage, go to Ballerina By Examples.
Issues and Projects
The Issues and Projects tabs are disabled for this repository as this is part of the Ballerina Standard Library. To report bugs, request new features, start new discussions, view project boards, etc., go to the Ballerina Standard Library parent repository.
This repository contains only the source code of the package.
Building from the Source
Setting Up the Prerequisites
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Download and install Java SE Development Kit (JDK) version 11 (from one of the following locations).
Building the Source
Execute the commands below to build from source.
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To build the library:
./gradlew clean build
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To run the integration tests:
./gradlew clean test
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To build the package without the tests:
./gradlew clean build -x test
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To debug the tests:
./gradlew clean build -Pdebug=<port>
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To debug the package with Ballerina language:
./gradlew clean build -PbalJavaDebug=<port>
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Publish ZIP artifact to the local
.m2
repository:./gradlew clean build publishToMavenLocal
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Publish the generated artifacts to the local Ballerina central repository:
./gradlew clean build -PpublishToLocalCentral=true
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Publish the generated artifacts to the Ballerina central repository:
./gradlew clean build -PpublishToCentral=true
Contributing to Ballerina
As an open source project, Ballerina welcomes contributions from the community.
For more information, go to the contribution guidelines.
Code of Conduct
All contributors are encouraged to read the Ballerina Code of Conduct.
Useful Links
- Chat live with us on our Slack channel.
- Technical questions should be posted on Stack Overflow with the #ballerina tag.