Here's the list of the PCRE2 API functions exposed via org.pcre4j.api.IPcre2 and the backends:
| ✅ | API | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pcre2_callout_enumerate | Enumerate callouts in a compiled pattern | |
| pcre2_code_copy | Copy a compiled pattern | |
| pcre2_code_copy_with_tables | Copy a compiled pattern and its character tables | |
| ✅ | pcre2_code_free | Free a compiled pattern |
| ✅ | pcre2_compile | Compile a regular expression pattern |
| ✅ | pcre2_compile_context_copy | Copy a compile context |
| ✅ | pcre2_compile_context_create | Create a compile context |
| ✅ | pcre2_compile_context_free | Free a compile context |
| ✅ | pcre2_config | Show build-time configuration options |
| pcre2_convert_context_copy | Copy a convert context | |
| pcre2_convert_context_create | Create a convert context | |
| pcre2_convert_context_free | Free a convert context | |
| pcre2_converted_pattern_free | Free converted foreign pattern | |
| pcre2_dfa_match | Match a compiled pattern to a subject string (DFA algorithm; not Perl compatible) | |
| ✅ | pcre2_general_context_copy | Copy a general context |
| ✅ | pcre2_general_context_create | Create a general context |
| ✅ | pcre2_general_context_free | Free a general context |
| ✅ | pcre2_get_error_message | Get textual error message for error number |
| pcre2_get_mark | Get a (*MARK) name | |
| pcre2_get_match_data_size | Get the size of a match data block | |
| ✅ | pcre2_get_ovector_count | Get the ovector count |
| ✅ | pcre2_get_ovector_pointer | Get a pointer to the ovector |
| pcre2_get_startchar | Get the starting character offset | |
| ✅ | pcre2_jit_compile | Process a compiled pattern with the JIT compiler |
| pcre2_jit_free_unused_memory | Free unused JIT memory | |
| ✅ | pcre2_jit_match | Fast path interface to JIT matching |
| ✅ | pcre2_jit_stack_assign | Assign stack for JIT matching |
| ✅ | pcre2_jit_stack_create | Create a stack for JIT matching |
| ✅ | pcre2_jit_stack_free | Free a JIT matching stack |
| pcre2_maketables | Build character tables in current locale | |
| pcre2_maketables_free | Free character tables | |
| ✅ | pcre2_match | Match a compiled pattern to a subject string (Perl compatible) |
| ✅ | pcre2_match_context_copy | Copy a match context |
| ✅ | pcre2_match_context_create | Create a match context |
| ✅ | pcre2_match_context_free | Free a match context |
| ✅ | pcre2_match_data_create | Create a match data block |
| ✅ | pcre2_match_data_create_from_pattern | Create a match data block getting size from pattern |
| ✅ | pcre2_match_data_free | Free a match data block |
| pcre2_pattern_convert | Experimental foreign pattern converter | |
| ✅ | pcre2_pattern_info | Extract information about a pattern |
| pcre2_serialize_decode | Decode serialized compiled patterns | |
| pcre2_serialize_encode | Serialize compiled patterns for save/restore | |
| pcre2_serialize_free | Free serialized compiled patterns | |
| pcre2_serialize_get_number_of_codes | Get number of serialized compiled patterns | |
| pcre2_set_bsr | Set \R convention | |
| pcre2_set_callout | Set up a callout function | |
| pcre2_set_character_tables | Set character tables | |
| pcre2_set_compile_extra_options | Set compile time extra options | |
| pcre2_set_compile_recursion_guard | Set up a compile recursion guard function | |
| pcre2_set_depth_limit | Set the match backtracking depth limit | |
| pcre2_set_glob_escape | Set glob escape character | |
| pcre2_set_glob_separator | Set glob separator character | |
| pcre2_set_heap_limit | Set the match backtracking heap limit | |
| pcre2_set_match_limit | Set the match limit | |
| pcre2_set_max_pattern_length | Set the maximum length of pattern | |
| ✅ | pcre2_set_newline | Set the newline convention |
| pcre2_set_offset_limit | Set the offset limit | |
| pcre2_set_parens_nest_limit | Set the parentheses nesting limit | |
| pcre2_set_recursion_limit | Obsolete: use pcre2_set_depth_limit | |
| pcre2_set_recursion_memory_management | Obsolete function that (from 10.30 onwards) does nothing | |
| pcre2_substitute | Match a compiled pattern to a subject string and do substitutions | |
| pcre2_substring_copy_byname | Extract named substring into given buffer | |
| pcre2_substring_copy_bynumber | Extract numbered substring into given buffer | |
| pcre2_substring_free | Free extracted substring | |
| pcre2_substring_get_byname | Extract named substring into new memory | |
| pcre2_substring_get_bynumber | Extract numbered substring into new memory | |
| pcre2_substring_length_byname | Find length of named substring | |
| pcre2_substring_length_bynumber | Find length of numbered substring | |
| pcre2_substring_list_free | Free list of extracted substrings | |
| pcre2_substring_list_get | Extract all substrings into new memory | |
| pcre2_substring_nametable_scan | Find table entries for given string name | |
| pcre2_substring_number_from_name | Convert captured string name to number |