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abidinberkay
abidinberkay

Reputation: 2025

Java regex patter.compile() cannot be resolved symbol

I am trying to write a regex in Java with Intellij IDE but .compile() is getting

cannot resolve symbol 'compile'

private boolean isUrlFormatValid(String url) {
        Pattern pattern = new Pattern.compile("blabla");
        //some other stuff
    }

And I have imported these at the beginning of the class:

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

.compile is not resolved. Do I need to add something else or you think something is wrong with intellij idea ?

Note: I have also tried by defining with full path like:

Pattern p = new java.util.regex.Pattern.compile("blabla");

But did not work as well.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2806

Answers (1)

RobOhRob
RobOhRob

Reputation: 585

Pattern.compile("blabla"); This is a static method on the Pattern class (notice the capital P in Pattern. A static method does not need an instance to run. So simply remove the new keyword.

Upvotes: 2

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