Parse connection string using Java RegEx

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/regex/index.html

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/regex/package-summary.html

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class TestRegEx {

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String input = "dbuser:passwd@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(Host=dbhost)(PORT=1520)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=MY_DB)))";

        getParam(input, "Host");
        getParam(input, "HOST");
        // getParam(input,"xHOST");

        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("(\\w+)@(\\w+)/(\\S+)");
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher("username@hostname//dir1/dir2");

        if (matcher.matches()) {
            System.out.println("User " + matcher.group(1));
            System.out.println("Host " + matcher.group(2));
            System.out.println("Dir " + matcher.group(3));
        }

    }

    public static String getParam(String input, String paramName) {

        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(paramName + "=(\\w+)",
                Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);

        System.out.println("Matching " + pattern.pattern());

        if (matcher.find()) {
            System.out.println("Matched " + matcher.group(1) + " in "
                    + matcher.group(0));
            return matcher.group(1);
        } else {
            throw new RuntimeException("Cannot find db connection parameter "
                    + paramName + " in " + input);
        }

    }

}