Java Regex - MatchResult Interface

Introduction

The java.util.regex.MatchResult interface represents the result of a match operation. This interface contains query methods used to determine the results of a match against a regular expression. The match boundaries, groups and group boundaries can be seen but not modified through a MatchResult.

Interface declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.regex.MatchResult interface −

public interface MatchResult

Interface methods

Sr.No	Method & Description
1	int end() Returns the offset after the last character matched.
2	int end(int group) Returns the offset after the last character of the subsequence captured by the given group during this match.
3	String group() Returns the input subsequence matched by the previous match.
4	String group(int group) Returns the input subsequence captured by the given group during the previous match operation.
5	int groupCount() Returns the number of capturing groups in this match result's pattern.
6	int start() Returns the start index of the match.
7	int start(int group) Returns the start index of the subsequence captured by the given group during this match.