--- a/src/luan/modules/Boot.luan	Sat Jul 23 21:53:04 2022 -0600
+++ b/src/luan/modules/Boot.luan	Sun Jul 24 23:43:03 2022 -0600
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 local load = BasicLuan.load
 local type = BasicLuan.type
 local StringLuan = require "java:luan.modules.StringLuan"
-local match = StringLuan.match  -- String.match
-local matches = StringLuan.matches  -- String.matches
+local contains = StringLuan.contains  -- String.contains
+local RegexLuan = require "java:luan.modules.RegexLuan"
 local IoLuan = require "java:luan.modules.IoLuan"
 local LuanUrl = require "java:luan.modules.url.LuanUrl"
 local LuanJava = require "java:luan.Luan"
@@ -49,6 +49,21 @@
 Boot.local_metatable = local_metatable
 
 
+local function regex(pattern)
+	local regex = RegexLuan.new(pattern)
+	return {
+		java = regex
+		find = regex.find
+		gmatch = regex.gmatch
+		gsub = regex.gsub
+		match = regex.match
+		matches = regex.matches
+		set = regex.set
+	}
+end
+Boot.regex = regex
+
+
 local function new_LuanIn(io)
 	local this = {}
 	this.java = io
@@ -230,8 +245,10 @@
 Boot.schemes = schemes
 
 
+local uri_regex = regex("(?s)^([^:]+):(.*)$")
+
 local function uri(name,options)
-	local scheme, location = match( name, "(?s)^([^:]+):(.*)$" )
+	local scheme, location = uri_regex.match(name)
 	scheme or error( "invalid Io.uri name '"..name.."', missing scheme" )
 	local opener = schemes[scheme] or error( "invalid scheme '"..scheme.."' in '"..name.."'" )
 	return opener(location,options)
@@ -249,7 +266,7 @@
 
 function Boot.load_file(file)
 	if type(file) == "string" then
-		if not matches(file,":") then
+		if not contains(file,":") then
 			file = "file:"..file
 		end
 		local u = uri(file)