"[^<>= \t]+|[^[:space:]]|[\x80-\xff]+"),
 PATTERNS("java",
         "!^[ \t]*(catch|do|for|if|instanceof|new|return|switch|throw|while)\n"
-        "^[ \t]*(([ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*){2,}[ \t]*\\([^;]*)$",
+        "^[ \t]*(([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*[ \t]+)+[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*[ \t]*\\([^;]*)$",
+        /* -- */
         "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
         "|[-+0-9.e]+[fFlL]?|0[xXbB]?[0-9a-fA-F]+[lL]?"
         "|[-+*/<>%&^|=!]="
         /* Objective-C methods */
         "^[ \t]*([-+][ \t]*\\([ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9* \t]*\\)[ \t]*[A-Za-z_].*)$\n"
         /* C functions */
-        "^[ \t]*(([ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*){2,}[ \t]*\\([^;]*)$\n"
+        "^[ \t]*(([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*[ \t]+)+[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*[ \t]*\\([^;]*)$\n"
         /* Objective-C class/protocol definitions */
         "^(@(implementation|interface|protocol)[ \t].*)$",
         /* -- */