[KAFKA-7276] Consider using re2j to speed up regex operations

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: packaging
• Assignee: kevin.chen
• Reporter: Ted Yu
• Created: 10/Aug/18 17:33
• Updated: 01/Oct/18 22:42

Description

https://github.com/google/re2j

re2j claims to do linear time regular expression matching in Java.

Its benefit is most obvious for deeply nested regex (such as a | b | c | d).
We should consider using re2j to speed up regex operations.