public abstract class Node{ public boolean isRegexMatch(String regex, String value){ Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex); Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(value); return matcher.find(); } } ATD Node extends Node public class CompositeActorRole extends ATDNode{ public void setName(String name){ if(isRegexMatch("^[A-z]+[A-Za-z0-9]*$", name)){ this.name = name; } } } === Test method @Test public void testName(){ assertFalse(testName("5NumberFirst")); assertFalse("NonAlphabeticChar is Possible", testName("NonAlphabeticChar@")); assertFalse("NonAlphabeticChar is Possible", testName("NonAlphabeticChar^")); assertTrue(testName("AlphabeticCharFirst12")); assertFalse(testName("")); } private boolean testName(String newName){ car1.setName(newName); return newName.equals(car1.getName()); }