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		shortrounddev2 on Sept 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JDK 21 Release Notes Try, for example, generating a regular expression which features backslashes in it. You will get an unreadable mess and probably have to play with it for a while before java will even compile it

kaba0 on Sept 19, 2023 | [–]

I very hope you are not generating regexes based on user data..

Also, I’m fairly sure $ is a special character in regexes..

shortrounddev2 on Sept 19, 2023 | | [–]

Not all variables are user data

samus on Sept 19, 2023 | [–]

A template processor implementing regexes should be used for that situation.

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