Tells whether or not this string matches the given regular expression.

An invocation of this method of the form str.matches(regex) yields exactly the same result as the expression

java.util.regex.Pattern.java.util.regex.Pattern.matches(String,CharSequence)(regex, str)

Parameters:

regex the regular expression to which this string is to be matched

Returns: true if, and only if, this string matches the given regular expression

Exceptions:

PatternSyntaxException if the regular expression's syntax is invalid