:lookahead: java/lookahead.adoc

This rule raises an issue when a regex lookahead contradicts the rest of the regex.


== Why is this an issue?

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=== Code examples

==== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
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Pattern.compile("(?=a)b"); // Noncompliant, the same character can't be equal to 'a' and 'b' at the same time
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==== Compliant solution

[source,java]
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Pattern.compile("(?<=a)b");
Pattern.compile("a(?=b)");
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== Implementation Specification
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include::../highlighting.adoc[]

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