FluentInterface Regular Expressions

Fluent Interface – A technique for handling a constructor with a great many parameters. You chain together setter methods that return the object. This gives the effect of keyword=value. The catch is, the constructor can’t ensure consistency before the object is constructed.  (source)

Joshua Flanagan has built ‘ReadableRex‘, your ‘fluent interface’ into Regular Expressions. [Joshua's post]

His example walks you through creating a social security # pattern:  

    Regex socialSecurityNumberCheck = new Regex(Pattern.With.AtBeginning

        .Digit.Repeat.Exactly(3)

        .Literal(“-”).Repeat.Optional

        .Digit.Repeat.Exactly(2)

        .Literal(“-”).Repeat.Optional

        .Digit.Repeat.Exactly(4)

        .AtEnd);

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