diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-regex-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-regex-2/pom.xml
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+
+
+ 4.0.0
+ core-java-regex-2
+ 0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+ core-java-regex-2
+ jar
+
+
+ com.baeldung.core-java-modules
+ core-java-modules
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+ ../
+
+
+
+
+ org.assertj
+ assertj-core
+ ${assertj-core.version}
+ test
+
+
+
+
+ 3.15.0
+
+
+
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-regex-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/regex/noncapturinggroups/NonCapturingGroupUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-regex-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/regex/noncapturinggroups/NonCapturingGroupUnitTest.java
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index 0000000000..281a550f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-regex-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/regex/noncapturinggroups/NonCapturingGroupUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+package com.baeldung.regex.noncapturinggroups;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class NonCapturingGroupUnitTest {
+
+ private static final Pattern SIMPLE_URL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^:]+://(?:[.a-z]+/?)+");
+ private static final Pattern SCOPED_CASE_INSENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^:]+://(?i:[.a-z]+/?)+");
+ private static final Pattern SIMPLE_URL_PATTERN_WITH_SPECIFIC_ENDING_PATH = Pattern.compile("[^:]+://(?:[.a-z]+/?)+?/ending-path");
+ private static final Pattern SCOPED_CASE_INSENSTIIVE_URL_PATTERN_WITH_ENDING_PATH = Pattern.compile("[^:]://(?i:[.a-z]+/?)+?/ending-path");
+ private static final Pattern CASE_INSENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^:]+://(?:[.a-z]+/?)+?(/ending-path)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+ private static final Pattern SCOPED_CASE_SENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[^:]+://(?-i:[.a-z]+/?)+?(/ending-path)", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+ private static final Pattern INDEPENDENT_URL_PATTERN_WITH_ENDING_PATH = Pattern.compile("[^:]+://(?>[.a-z]+/?)+/ending-path");
+ private static final Pattern INDEPENDENT_URL_PATTERN_WITH_ENDING_PATH_AND_BACKTRACKING = Pattern.compile("[^:]+://(?>(?:[.a-z]+/?)+/)ending-path");
+
+ @Test
+ void givenSimpleUrlPattern_whenValidUrlProvided_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SIMPLE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com/");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(() -> urlMatcher.group(1)).isInstanceOf(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class);
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void whenSimpleUrlProvidedWithPathProvided_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SIMPLE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com/live");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void whenSimpleUrlProvidedWithPathEndingWithSlashProvided_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SIMPLE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com/live/");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenSimpleUrlPattern_whenUrlWithMultiplePathSegmentsProvided_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SIMPLE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com/some/other/url/path");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void whenUrlWithUppercaseCharactersProvided_thenDoesNotMatch() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SIMPLE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.Microsoft.com/");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isFalse();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenPatternWithCaseInsensitiveGroup_whenUrlHasUppercaseCharactersInsideOfScope_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SCOPED_CASE_INSENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.Microsoft.com/");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenCaseInsensitivePattern_whenUrlHasUppercaseCharacters_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = CASE_INSENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.Microsoft.com/Ending-path");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.group(1)).isEqualTo("/Ending-path");
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenPatternWithCaseInsensitiveGroup_whenUrlHasUppercaseCharactersOutsideOfScope_thenMatchFails() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SCOPED_CASE_INSENSTIIVE_URL_PATTERN_WITH_ENDING_PATH.matcher("http://www.Microsoft.com/Ending-path");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isFalse();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenPatternAllowingBacktracking_whenUrlWithEndingPathCausingBacktrackingProvided_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SIMPLE_URL_PATTERN_WITH_SPECIFIC_ENDING_PATH.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com/ending-path");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenPatternWithIndependentNonCapturingGroup_whenBacktrackingOccurs_thenDoesNotMatch() {
+ Matcher independentMatcher = INDEPENDENT_URL_PATTERN_WITH_ENDING_PATH.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com/ending-path");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(independentMatcher.matches()).isFalse();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenPatternWithIndependentNonCapturingGroup_whenBacktrackingDoesNotOccur_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher independentMatcher = INDEPENDENT_URL_PATTERN_WITH_ENDING_PATH.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com//ending-path");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(independentMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenPatternWithIndependentNonCapturingGroup_whenBacktrackingOccursInsideGroup_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher independentMatcher = INDEPENDENT_URL_PATTERN_WITH_ENDING_PATH_AND_BACKTRACKING.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com/ending-path");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(independentMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenCaseInsensitivePatternWithCaseSensitivieSubPattern_whenUrlWithUppercaseCharactersOutsideOfScopeProvided_thenMatches() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SCOPED_CASE_SENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.microsoft.com/ENDING-PATH");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isTrue();
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ void givenCaseInsensitivePatternWithCaseSensitivieSubPattern_whenUrlWithUppercaseCharactersInsideOfScopeProvided_thenDoesNotMatch() {
+ Matcher urlMatcher = SCOPED_CASE_SENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN.matcher("http://www.Microsoft.com/ending-path");
+
+ Assertions.assertThat(urlMatcher.matches()).isFalse();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
index 4b80e7f0ed..8661f1ba01 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
core-java-string-operations-2
core-java-sun
core-java-regex
+ core-java-regex-2
pre-jpms
@@ -137,4 +138,4 @@
2.22.2
5.6.2
-
\ No newline at end of file
+