MatchResult support for named groups

[Cay Horstmann]

Hello, I'd like to raise awareness for

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8180352
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8072984
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8065554

These all ask for MatchResult.group(String name). What they don't 
mention is that this is more urgent in light of the methods

Stream<MatchResult> Matcher.results() // 
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8071479
Stream<MatchResult> Scanner.findAll(Pattern pattern) // 
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8072722

In particular, Matcher.results() seems a cleaner way of collecting match 
results than calling while (matcher.find()).

But then MatchResult needs to support the same queries that Matcher 
provides. I believe the only missing one is group(String name).

Cheers,

Cay

NB. There are related requests that ask for finding group names in 
patterns, or for correlating group names and numbers. I have formed no 
opinion on their merits.

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Cay S. Horstmann | http://horstmann.com | mailto:cay at horstmann.com