Generic
Lexer package is a basic set of classes to
help in quickly prototyping a lexer/scanner for a given language.See: Description
Interface | Description |
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GenericTokens |
The
GenericTokens interface describes the tokens for a
generic lexer. |
Class | Description |
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BraceHelper |
The
BraceHelper class is a helper class that can
be used by brace matching implementations for language definitions
based on the Language API. |
GenericLexer |
The
GenericLexer is a concrete implementation of the
Lexer interface that can be used to lex
Language implementations. |
Language |
The
Language interface provides methods for providing
basic details of a language, such as the keywords, the comment
delimiters, and the quote delimiters of a language. |
Generic
Lexer package is a basic set of classes to
help in quickly prototyping a lexer/scanner for a given language.
Such a lexer could be used with the editor language framework to
provide basic syntax highlighting services for a language.
To use this framework, define a Language
implementation
which specifics the keywords, comments, strings, numbers, and brace
aspects of the language.
To create a lexer for this language, simply instantiate a
GenericLexer
with an instance of your
Language
implementation.