Text Processingflags: m

Java Package Declaration

Match Java `package com.example.app;` declarations and capture the dotted package path.

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Available in

JavaScript / ECMAScript code

jsJavaScript
const re = new RegExp("^\\s*package\\s+([a-z][\\w]*(?:\\.[a-z][\\w]*)*)\\s*;", "m");
const input = "package com.example.app;";
const match = input.match(re);
console.log(match ? match[0] : null);

Uses `String.prototype.match`, which returns the first match or null.

Pattern

regexengine-agnostic
^\s*package\s+([a-z][\w]*(?:\.[a-z][\w]*)*)\s*;   (flags: m)

Raw source: ^\s*package\s+([a-z][\w]*(?:\.[a-z][\w]*)*)\s*;

How it works

^\s* allows leading whitespace at line start (m flag enables per-line). package\s+ requires the keyword. ([a-z][\w]*(?:\.[a-z][\w]*)*) captures the package path: each segment must start with a lowercase letter (Java convention) and continue with word characters. \s*; matches the required terminating semicolon.

Examples

Input

package com.example.app;

Matches

  • package com.example.app;

Input

package io.vendor.module.sub;

Matches

  • package io.vendor.module.sub;

Input

// no package

No match

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Common use cases

  • •Java source-file analysis
  • •Migrating between package namespaces
  • •Build-tool dependency resolution
  • •Generating documentation from source layout

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