Uniform implementation of String.replace and String.matches(Regex) across JVM and JS.

Deprecated String.matches(String) and String.replaceAll methods.

libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package kotlin
 
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException
+import kotlin.text.MatchResult
 import kotlin.text.Regex
 
 /** Returns the string with leading and trailing text matching the given string removed */
@@ -494,6 +495,32 @@ public fun String.replaceBeforeLast(delimiter: String, replacement: String, miss
     return if (index == -1) missingDelimiterValue else replaceRange(0, index, replacement)
 }
 
+
+// public fun String.replace(oldChar: Char, newChar: Char, ignoreCase: Boolean): String // JVM- and JS-specific
+// public fun String.replace(oldValue: String, newValue: String, ignoreCase: Boolean): String // JVM- and JS-specific
+
+/**
+ * Returns a new string obtained by replacing each substring of this string that matches the given regular expression
+ * with the given [replacement].
+ *
+ * The [replacement] can consist of any combination of literal text and $-substitutions. To treat the replacement string
+ * literally escape it with the [kotlin.text.Regex.Companion.escapeReplacement] method.
+ */
+public fun String.replace(regex: Regex, replacement: String): String = regex.replace(this, replacement)
+
+/**
+ * Returns a new string obtained by replacing each substring of this string that matches the given regular expression
+ * with the result of the given function [transform] that takes [MatchResult] and returns a string to be used as a
+ * replacement for that match.
+ */
+public fun String.replace(regex: Regex, transform: (MatchResult) -> String): String = regex.replace(this, transform)
+
+/**
+ * Returns `true` if this string matches the given regular expression.
+ */
+public fun String.matches(regex: Regex): Boolean = regex.matches(this)
+
+
 /**
  * Returns `true` if this string starts with the specified character.
  */

libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Locale
 import java.util.regex.MatchResult
 import java.util.regex.Pattern
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
+import kotlin.text.Regex
 
 
 /**
@@ -50,12 +51,25 @@ public fun String.equals(anotherString: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): Bo
 /**
  * Returns a copy of this string with all occurrences of [oldChar] replaced with [newChar].
  */
-public fun String.replace(oldChar: Char, newChar: Char): String = (this as java.lang.String).replace(oldChar, newChar)
+public fun String.replace(oldChar: Char, newChar: Char, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String {
+    if (!ignoreCase)
+        return (this as java.lang.String).replace(oldChar, newChar)
+    else
+        return splitToSequence(oldChar, ignoreCase = ignoreCase).joinToString(separator = newChar.toString())
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a new string obtained by replacing all occurrences of the [oldValue] substring in this string
+ * with the specified [newValue] string.
+ */
+public fun String.replace(oldValue: String, newValue: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String =
+        splitToSequence(oldValue, ignoreCase = ignoreCase).joinToString(separator = newValue)
 
 /**
  * Returns a new string obtained by replacing each substring of this string that matches the given regular expression
  * with the given [replacement].
  */
+deprecated("Use String.replace(Regex, String) instead. You can convert regex parameter with .toRegex() extension function.")
 public fun String.replaceAll(regex: String, replacement: String): String = (this as java.lang.String).replaceAll(regex, replacement)
 
 /**
@@ -94,7 +108,7 @@ public fun String.split(regex: Pattern, limit: Int = 0): List<String> = regex.sp
  * Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.
  */
 deprecated("Convert an argument to regex with toRegex or use splitBy instead.")
-public fun String.split(regex: String): Array<String> = split(regex.toPattern()).toTypedArray()
+public fun String.split(regex: String): Array<String> = split(regex.toRegex()).toTypedArray()
 
 
 /**
@@ -277,6 +291,7 @@ public fun String.isBlank(): Boolean = length() == 0 || all { it.isWhitespace()
 /**
  * Returns `true` if this string matches the given regular expression.
  */
+deprecated("Use String.matches(Regex) instead. You can convert regex parameter with .toRegex() extension function.")
 public fun String.matches(regex: String): Boolean = (this as java.lang.String).matches(regex)
 
 /**
@@ -308,12 +323,6 @@ public fun String.regionMatches(thisOffset: Int, other: String, otherOffset: Int
         else
             (this as java.lang.String).regionMatches(ignoreCase, thisOffset, other, otherOffset, length)
 
-/**
- * Returns a new string obtained by replacing all occurrences of the [target] substring in this string
- * with the specified [replacement] string.
- */
-public fun String.replace(target: CharSequence, replacement: CharSequence): String = (this as java.lang.String).replace(target, replacement)
-
 /**
  * Returns a copy of this string converted to lower case using the rules of the specified locale.
  */
@@ -478,6 +487,7 @@ public inline fun <T : Appendable> String.takeWhileTo(result: T, predicate: (Cha
  * Replaces every [regexp] occurence in the text with the value returned by the given function [body] that
  * takes a [MatchResult].
  */
+deprecated("Use String.replace(Regex, (MatchResult)->String) instead.  You can convert regex parameter with .toRegex() extension function.")
 public fun String.replaceAll(regexp: String, body: (java.util.regex.MatchResult) -> String): String {
     val sb = StringBuilder(this.length())
     val p = regexp.toPattern()