I've got this function that extracts strings from Inputstreams and returns a List<string>. It uses java.util.Scanner and java.util.regex.Pattern.

Problem is, it only seems to work the first time I call it. If I reverse my calls, again only the first one works, the second call never returns any matches.

List<String> lsphones = extract(is,pattern,0);
List<String> lsemails = extract(is,pattern",0);


I suspect I need to reset the Lists or something in the funciton -if not the function itself somehow. I've tried but keep getting exceptions when I do.




Thanks for any help.

I suspect it has something to do with scanner.close(), but I don't know for sure because you don't show where you initialize it. Is scanner a static field? When do you call scanner.open() or whatever the opposite of your scanner.close() invocation is?

I added scanner.close to try and fix the issue. I've since taken it out. I got around this issue by scanning only once and complicating my regex. It's faster now, but do wonder what the issue was .

Thanks.

public static List<String> extract(InputStream in,String matchpattern,int grp) {
Pattern extractPattern = Pattern.compile(matchpattern);
System.out.println("########################### pattern : "+matchpattern);
List<String> what = new ArrayList<String>();
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(in, "UTF-8");
String match = "";
while (match != null) {
match = scanner.findWithinHorizon(extractPattern, 0);
if (match != null) {
String matchit = scanner.match().group(grp);
System.out.println("########################### match : "+matchit);
what.add(matchit);
}
}
return what;