diff --git a/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/types/StringMatchDetails.java b/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/types/StringMatchDetails.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b407f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/types/StringMatchDetails.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright 2012 Brian Rosenberger (Brutex Network)
+ *
+ *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *   limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package net.brutex.xservices.types;
+
+public class StringMatchDetails {
+	public long startPosition;
+	public long endPosition;
+	public String content;
+
+	public StringMatchDetails() {
+	}
+
+	public StringMatchDetails(long start, long end, String content) {
+		this.startPosition = start;
+		this.endPosition = end;
+		this.content = content;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/types/StringMatchType.java b/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/types/StringMatchType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fdf31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/types/StringMatchType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright 2012 Brian Rosenberger (Brutex Network)
+ *
+ *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *   limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package net.brutex.xservices.types;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+import com.sun.xml.txw2.annotation.XmlElement;
+
+
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Brian Rosenberger, bru@brutex.de
+ */
+@XmlType
+public class StringMatchType {
+	public final List<StringMatchDetails> stringlist = new ArrayList<StringMatchDetails>();
+	public int size=0;
+	
+	public StringMatchType() {}
+	
+	
+	public synchronized void addStringMatch(StringMatchDetails match) {
+		this.stringlist.add(match);
+		this.size++;
+	}
+	
+	public synchronized void addStringMatch(long start, long end, String content) {
+		StringMatchDetails details = new StringMatchDetails(start, end, content);
+		this.addStringMatch( details );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/ws/StringService.java b/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/ws/StringService.java
index c2ae865..de1e28b 100644
--- a/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/ws/StringService.java
+++ b/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/ws/StringService.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import javax.jws.WebParam;
 import javax.jws.WebService;
 
 import net.brutex.xservices.types.ReturnCode;
+import net.brutex.xservices.types.StringMatchType;
 import net.brutex.xservices.types.StringReplaceType;
 import net.brutex.xservices.types.TargetNodeType;
 import net.brutex.xservices.types.ant.AttachmentType;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ public interface StringService {
 	public static final String SERVICE_NAME = "StringService";
 	
 	final String OPERATION_REPLACEREGEX = "replaceRegEx";
+	final String OPERATION_MATCHREGEX = "matchRegEx";
 
 
 	final static String PARAM_STRING = "string";
@@ -67,5 +69,12 @@ public interface StringService {
 			@WebParam(name = PARAM_REPLACE) String replace,
 			@WebParam(name = PARAM_FLAGS) String flags) throws XServicesFault;
 	
+	@WebMethod(operationName=OPERATION_MATCHREGEX)
+	@WSDLDocumentation(value="Match text based data")
+	public abstract StringMatchType matchRegEx(
+			@WebParam(name = PARAM_STRING) String res,
+			@WebParam(name = PARAM_SEARCH) String search,
+			@WebParam(name = PARAM_FLAGS) String flags) throws XServicesFault;
+	
 	
 }
diff --git a/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/ws/impl/StringServiceImpl.java b/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/ws/impl/StringServiceImpl.java
index 1abf394..5da580a 100644
--- a/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/ws/impl/StringServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/net/brutex/xservices/ws/impl/StringServiceImpl.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.jws.WebService;
 
+import net.brutex.xservices.types.StringMatchType;
 import net.brutex.xservices.types.StringReplaceType;
 import net.brutex.xservices.util.BrutexNamespaces;
 import net.brutex.xservices.ws.StringService;
@@ -36,10 +37,7 @@ public class StringServiceImpl implements StringService {
 	public StringReplaceType replaceRegEx(String res, String search,
 			String replace, String flags) throws XServicesFault {
 		try {
-			int allflags = 0;
-			if (flags.contains("i")) {
-				allflags = allflags + Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE;
-			}
+			int allflags = getFlags(flags);
 			Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(search, allflags);
 			Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(res);
 			int count = 0;
@@ -60,4 +58,40 @@ public class StringServiceImpl implements StringService {
 
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public StringMatchType matchRegEx(String res, String search, String flags)
+			throws XServicesFault {
+		int allflags = getFlags(flags);
+		Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(search, allflags);
+		Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(res);
+		StringMatchType rm = new StringMatchType();
+		while (matcher.find()) {			
+			rm.addStringMatch(matcher.start(), matcher.end(), matcher.group());
+		}
+		return rm;
+	}
+	
+	private int getFlags(String flags) {
+		int allflags = 0;
+		if(flags.contains("i")) {
+			allflags = allflags + Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE;
+		}
+		if(flags.contains("m")) {
+			allflags = allflags + Pattern.MULTILINE;
+		}
+		if(flags.contains("u")) {
+			allflags = allflags + Pattern.UNICODE_CASE;
+		}
+		if(flags.contains("s")) {
+			allflags = allflags + Pattern.DOTALL;
+		}
+		if(flags.contains("d")) {
+			allflags = allflags + Pattern.UNIX_LINES;
+		}
+		if(flags.contains("x")) {
+			allflags = allflags + Pattern.COMMENTS;
+		}
+		return allflags;
+	}
+
 }