Parsing Java code with Java

Question

Is it possible to parse some Java code with a regex?

So let\'s say I want a list of the int variables from this:

Answer 1

I would recommend you look into parser generators, eg. JavaCC. JavaCC lets you describe the grammar in an BNF-like style and creates Java classes according to it. There are also already grammars available for JavaCC to parse Java code, I think even as an example or tutorial that comes with JavaCC.