Hi
> Hi everybody,
> Specification says that URI template can specify regexp it matches. It
> does not state what kind of regexp can be used, I assume Java regexp
> as default. In that case it is possible to use nested curly braces
> e.g. "/area/{zipcode:[0-9]{5}}" to match "/area/90210".
>
> What I am looking for is regular expression that catches template
> variables. Problem is in Java regexp nested expression are hard (or
> impossible) to express -- perl regexp syntax has additional
> constructions that allow to catch nested closing brackets, Java's way
> is not to get out from regexp grammar towards context-free grammars
> that would allow to match such recursion problem.
> Any ideas?
Can someone confirm please that as far as handling expressions like "/area/{zipcode:[0-9]{5}}", it's up to
a given implementation how to handle them and no assumption can be made that the default Java regexp should be used ?
Thanks, Sergey
>
> I also wonder how jersey implementation takes care of nested curly braces.
>
> cheers,
> andy.
>
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