Question

This question got me thinking in a regex for matching javadoc comments that include some specified text.

For example, finding all javadoc fragments that include @deprecated:

/** * Method1 * ..... * @deprecated * @return */ 

I manage to get to the expression /\*\*.*?@deprecated.*?\*/ but this fails in some cases like:

/** * Method1 * ..... * @return */ public int Method1() { }   // this method should be @deprecated public void Method2() { }      /** * Method3 * ..... * @return */ public int Method3() { }  

where it matches all the code from the 1st javadoc fragment until the 3rd javadoc fragment.

Can someone give a regex for this?

Answer 1

Try this one :

/\*\*([^\*]|\*(?!/))*?@deprecated.*?\*/