Applied-Energistics-2-tilera-Edition/src/main/java/appeng/util/UUIDMatcher.java

/*
 * This file is part of Applied Energistics 2.
 * Copyright (c) 2013 - 2014, AlgorithmX2, All rights reserved.
 *
 * Applied Energistics 2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 */

package appeng.util;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * Regex wrapper for {@link java.util.UUID}s to not rely on try catch
 */
public final class UUIDMatcher {
    /**
     * String which is the regular expression for {@link java.util.UUID}s
     */
    private static final String UUID_REGEX
        = "[0-9a-fA-F]{8}(?:-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}){3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}";

    /**
     * Pattern which pre-compiles the {@link appeng.util.UUIDMatcher#UUID_REGEX}
     */
    private static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile(UUID_REGEX);

    /**
     * Checks if a potential {@link java.util.UUID} is an {@link java.util.UUID} by
     * applying a regular expression on it.
     *
     * @param potential to be checked potential {@link java.util.UUID}
     * @return true, if the potential {@link java.util.UUID} is indeed an {@link
     *     java.util.UUID}
     */
    public boolean isUUID(final CharSequence potential) {
        return PATTERN.matcher(potential).matches();
    }
}