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Jax is a java lex compiler that generates scanners from regular expressions embedded in a skeleton java file.
Jax processes these regular expressions and generates a java file that can be compiled to create the scanner.
Jax is freely available with source and can be used/modified/sold/thrown into the great bit bucket in the sky with absolutely no restrictions -- just add a note somewhere saying where you got it from.