* Implementations are strongly encouraged to be side-effect-free and immutable.
 *
 * <p>Throughout the documentation of this class, the phrase "matching character" is used to mean
 * "any {@code char} value {@code c} for which {@code this.matches(c)} returns {@code true}".
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> This class deals only with {@code char} values, that is, <a

 * Implementations are strongly encouraged to be side-effect-free and immutable.
 *
 * <p>Throughout the documentation of this class, the phrase "matching character" is used to mean
 * "any {@code char} value {@code c} for which {@code this.matches(c)} returns {@code true}".
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> This class deals only with {@code char} values, that is, <a