[TEXT-156] Fix the RegexTokenizer to use a static Pattern

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Implemented
• Affects Version/s: 1.6
• Fix Version/s: 1.7
• Assignee: Alex Herbert
• Reporter: Alex Herbert
• Created: 07/Mar/19 23:08
• Updated: 08/Mar/19 00:13
• Resolved: 08/Mar/19 00:13

Description

Use of a static pattern avoids the compile step for each invocation. The matcher created from the pattern contains all state so the pattern can be used across threads.

Also:

• Remove the use of CharSequence.toString() to pass to the
  matcher(CharSequence) method. There is no need to create a String.
• Fix the javadoc header @code tag.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #110