title: ignoring multiple line comments in java
body: <p>I am writing a program where I need to ignore comments in the file passed.
  I read about Regex pattern in this concern..and am able to ignore single line comments(//...) and multiple line comments, if its defined in a single line (/<em>...</em>/).
  But am facing difficulty in ignoring multiple line comments like shown below:</p>
  
  <p>></p>
  
  <p>/* ........
  ..........
  ....*/</p>
  
  <p>for single line I used </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"//.*$"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>and for the second one, </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"/\ \ * . * \ \ * /"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Somewhere I even read that Reluctanat quantifier would be helpful...tried with differnt patterns using regex and reluctant quantifier...no joy..
  Can someone help me with this..? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>