How to match a string's end using a regex pattern in Java?

Question

I want a regular expression pattern that will match with the end of a string.

I\'m implementing a stemming algorithm that will remove suffixes of a word.

E.g. for

Answer 1

    public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    String message = "hi this message is a test message";
    message = message.replaceAll("message$", "email");
    System.out.println(message);
}

Check this, http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/bounds.html