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import java.util.regex.

Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class EmailValidator {
// Regex pattern to valid email address
private static final String EMAIL_REGEX="^[\\w-\\+]+(\\.[\\w]+)*@[\\w-]+(\\.
[\\w]+)*(\\.[a-z]{2,})$";
//static Pattern object, since pattern is fixed
private static Pattern pattern;
//non-static Matcher object because it's created from the input String
private Matcher matcher;

public EmailValidator(){
//initialize the Pattern object
pattern = Pattern.compile(EMAIL_REGEX, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
}
/**
* This method validates the input email address with EMAIL_REGEX pattern
* @param email
* @return boolean
*/
public boolean validateEmail(String email){
matcher = pattern.matcher(email);
return matcher.matches();
}
}

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