X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FModellerDescription.java;h=4a123876c9615a79fc1b674309d89efe9c0c23a3;hb=990ed4ffbaa7a95b2ebb6bf6ab0440310f6e83ab;hp=f4de52dde7f0b1d63e5327372c43eadbbbdba64b;hpb=a8e0667a62546cdd95d44a45cf14a629cfa416a6;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/ModellerDescription.java b/src/jalview/io/ModellerDescription.java
index f4de52d..4a12387 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/ModellerDescription.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/ModellerDescription.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package jalview.io;
 
 import jalview.datamodel.DBRefEntry;
 import jalview.datamodel.SequenceI;
+import jalview.util.Platform;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -95,12 +96,20 @@ public class ModellerDescription
     }
   };
 
+  private static Regex VALIDATION_REGEX;
+
+  private static Regex getRegex()
+  {
+    return (VALIDATION_REGEX == null
+            ? VALIDATION_REGEX = Platform
+                    .newRegex("\\s*((([-0-9]+).?)|FIRST|LAST|@)", null)
+            : VALIDATION_REGEX);
+  }
+
   private resCode validResidueCode(String field)
   {
     Integer val = null;
-    Regex r = new Regex(
-            "\\s*((([-0-9]+).?)|FIRST|LAST|@)");
-
+    Regex r = getRegex();
     if (!r.search(field))
     {
       return null; // invalid