src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/regex/Pattern.java

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      public Predicate<String> asPredicate() {
          return s -> matcher(s).find();
      }
  
      /**
+      * Creates a predicate that tests if a given input string argument, an input sequence,
+      * matches this pattern.
+      *
+      * @apiNote
+      * This method creates a predicate that behaves as if it creates a matcher from the
+      * input sequence and then calls {@code matches}, for example a
+      * predicate of the form:
+      * <pre>{@code
+      *   s -> matcher(s).matches();
+      * }</pre>
+      *
+      * @return  The predicate which can be used for finding if an input string matches this pattern.
+      * @since   11
+      */
+     public Predicate<String> asMatchPredicate() {
+         return s -> matcher(s).matches();
+     }
+     /**
       * Creates a stream from the given input sequence around matches of this
       * pattern.
       *
       * <p> The stream returned by this method contains each substring of the
       * input sequence that is terminated by another subsequence that matches