Java regex email

Question

First of all, I know that using regex for email is not recommended but I gotta test this out.

I have this regex:

\\b[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Z]         


        

Answer 1

This is a valid regex for validating e-mails. It's totally compliant with RFC822 and accepts IP address and server names (for intranet purposes).

public static boolean isEmailValid(String email) {
    final Pattern EMAIL_REGEX = Pattern.compile("[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
    return EMAIL_REGEX.matcher(email).matches();
}

Here are some output examples, when you call isEmailValid(emailVariable):

john@somewhere.com // valid
john.foo@somewhere.com // valid
john.foo+label@somewhere.com // valid (with +label - Gmail accepts it!)
john@192.168.1.10 // valid (with IP addresses)
john+label@192.168.1.10 // valid (with +label and IP address)
john.foo@someserver // valid (with no first domain level)
JOHN.FOO@somewhere.com // valid (case insensitive)
@someserver // invalid
@someserver.com // invalid
john@. // invalid
.@somewhere.com // invalid