Upgrade Regex with a tester() method?

[Ben Evans]

Hi Brian,

The other possible point lambdafication for java.util.regex that I've
come up with is

Pattern::splitAsStream

Stream<CharSequence> splitAsStream(CharSequence input)

Returns a stream consisting of the input sequence split around matches
of this pattern.

What do people think of that as an idea?

Thanks,

Ben

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
> Seems a nice "point lambdafication" suggestion.  (The naming convention
> we've been using as "asPredicate()".)
>
>
> Regex is one of those areas where we wanted to do more with lambdafication,
> but just didn't have the time to work through it.  If you want to suggest
> more...
>
>
> On 1/3/2013 9:49 AM, Ben Evans wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been thinking about places to include lambdas outside of the
>> collections libs.
>>
>> I've had a look through the archives but can't find any obvious
>> discussion of this topic, so am posting here. If there are threads
>> I've missed - please point me at them.
>>
>> What about upgrading java.util.regex.Pattern to include this method
>> (and / or similar):
>>
>> public Predicate<String> tester(){
>>      return s -> this.matcher(s).find();
>> }
>>
>> When writing articles and labs code which uses lambdas, I've found
>> myself writing helper classes to achieve a similar effect, and it
>> occurred to me that this could be a better way to solve the problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ben
>>
>