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+<project xmlns:au="antlib:org.apache.ant.antunit">
+  <!-- NB: ant's interface to JDK14 regex enables UNIX_LINES -->
+  <property name="NL" value="&#10;"/>
+  <regexp id="myid" pattern="^[a-z]{3,4}$"/>
+
+  <target name="test-refid">
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="abc">
+        <regexp refid="myid"/>
+      </matches>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-simple">
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="abc" pattern="^[a-z]{3,4}$"/>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-nomatch">
+    <au:assertFalse>
+      <matches string="abc" pattern="^b.*" />
+    </au:assertFalse>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-date">
+    <tstamp>
+      <format property="today" pattern="dd-MM-yyyy" locale="en"/>
+    </tstamp>
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="${today}">
+        <regexp pattern="^[0123]\d-[01]\d-[12]\d\d\d$" />
+      </matches>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-abc">
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="abc" pattern="ab?"/>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="ab" pattern="ab?"/>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+    <au:assertFalse>
+      <matches string="acb" pattern="ab?"/>
+    </au:assertFalse>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-caseinsensitive">
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="ABC" pattern="ab?" casesensitive="false"/>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-singleline">
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="AB${line.separator}C" pattern="^ab.*C$"
+               casesensitive="false"
+               singleline="true"/>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+    <au:assertFalse>
+      <matches string="AB${line.separator}C" pattern="^ab.*C$"
+               casesensitive="false"
+               singleline="false"/>
+    </au:assertFalse>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-multiline">
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="AB${NL}C" pattern="^C$"
+               multiline="true"/>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+    <au:assertTrue>
+      <matches string="AB${NL}C" pattern="^AB$"
+               multiline="true"/>
+    </au:assertTrue>
+  </target>
+
+</project>