How to include named capture groups in java regex?

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I'm new to regex in Java and I can't figure out how to include named capture groups in an expression. I'm writing a ScrewTurn Image Converter for Confluence's Universal Wiki Converter. This is what I have:

String image = "\\[image(?<align>auto)?\\|\\|{UP\\(((?<namespace>\\w+)\\.)?(?<pagename>[\\w-]+)\\)}(?<filename>[\\w- ]+\\.[\\w]+)\\]";

Pattern imagePattern = Pattern.compile(image, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);

It's throwing this exception in Pattern.comiple():

java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Unknown look-behind group near index 19
\[image(?<align>auto)?\|\|{UP\(((?<namespace>\w+)\.)?(?<pagename>[\w-]+)\)}(?<filename>[\w- ]+\.[\w]+)\]
                   ^

I've used named capture groups like this before in C# (?<namedgroup>asdf), but not in Java. What am I missing?

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