PR classpath/31057:

	* java/util/regex/Pattern.java (toString): New method.

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 81954d033..2a4bed1ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-07  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	PR classpath/31057:
+	* java/util/regex/Pattern.java (toString): New method.
+
 2007-03-07  Gary Benson  <gbenson@redhat.com>
 
 	* resource/META-INF/services/org.w3c.dom.DOMImplementationSourceList:
diff --git a/java/util/regex/Pattern.java b/java/util/regex/Pattern.java
index 25120a8c7..217ce0862 100644
--- a/java/util/regex/Pattern.java
+++ b/java/util/regex/Pattern.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Pattern.java -- Compiled regular expression ready to be applied.
-   Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Classpath.
 
@@ -260,4 +260,14 @@ public final class Pattern implements Serializable
   {
     return regex;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the regular expression used to construct this object.
+   * @specnote Prior to JDK 1.5 this method had a different behavior
+   * @since 1.5
+   */
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    return regex;
+  }
 }