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Validate the first name and last name

public class MainClass {    public static void main( String[] args )    {        System.out.println(validateFirstName("Tom"));        System.out.println(validateLastName("Tom"));    }    // validate first name    public static boolean validateFirstName( String firstName )    {       return firstName.matches( "[A-Z][a-zA-Z]*" );    } // end method validateFirstName    // validate last name    public static boolean validateLastName( String lastName )    {       return lastName.matches( "[a-zA-z]+([ '-][a-zA-Z]+)*" );    } // end method validateLastName     }