Can you explain this named group start position in a Java regex? -

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i'm stuck in weird situation here, trying match optional named group in java (8) regex.

for example, following match happens expected , assertions raise no error:

pattern pat = pattern.compile("begin.+(?<middle>middle).+end"); matcher matcher = pat.matcher("begin middle end");  asserttrue(matcher.find()); assertequals(6, matcher.start("middle")); assertequals(12, matcher.end("middle"));

however, if change regex to

begin.+(?<middle>(middle)?).+end

matcher.start("middle") returns 12, if match empty.

if change regex 

begin.+(?<middle>middle)?.+end

matcher.start("middle") returns -1, if there's no match.

i'm wondering if it's possible have optional named groups @ in java.

what mistake making?

it has nothing named groups.

the reason .+ right after begin greedily matches string "middle". named group matches nothing (which it's explicitly allowed to).

the solution make first .+ non-greedy, e.g.: 

begin.+?(?<middle>(middle)?).+end

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