public static boolean hasSpecialChars(final String str){
  final Matcher matcher=SPL_CHAR_PATRN.matcher(str);
  return matcher.find();
}

public static boolean hasSpecialChars ( final String str ) { final Matcher matcher = SPL_CHAR_PATRN . matcher ( str ) ; return matcher . find ( ) ; }
checks if the given string value contains special characters ( [ , & , ; , , , + , = , { , } , > , < , ^ , ( , ) , # , : , ~ , ` , / , \ , ! , ' , " , ] )
