It's btrott who responded so I know he knows, but does the questioner know about the greedy default behaviour of * and +, and the dangers when used in conjunction with .
Its just that I spent a long time figuring that one out, and would'nt wish that headache on Xxaxx or anyone else. So, check out p29 of your Camel, unless you know all about regexes, and I'm wasting both your time and mine. :-)