Parser package is a basic framework of interfaces for building a lexer or parser for various document types.See: Description
| Interface | Description | 
|---|---|
| Lexer | 
 The  
Lexer interface describes the set of calls that need to be implemented by a Lexer for any given language. | 
| LexerToken | 
 The  
LexerToken interface encapsulates a single token retrieved by a call to Lexer.lex(). | 
| SyntaxListener | |
| SyntaxToken | 
 The  
SyntaxToken interface encapsulates a single syntax token retrieved by a call to SyntaxTranslator.translate(). | 
| Class | Description | 
|---|---|
| AbstractLexer | 
 The  
AbstractLexer is a basic abstract implementation which takes care of common functionality across all Lexers, such as the buffer and offset issues, and for providing a basic LexerToken object which just stores token and offset information. | 
| AbstractLexer.DefaultLexerToken | 
 The  
DefaultLexerToken just implements a basic LexerToken which stores a token and start/end offsets. | 
| AbstractSyntaxRecognizer | 
 The  
AbstractSyntaxRecognizer is a basic abstract implementation which takes care of common functionality across SyntaxRecognizers for LL(1) parsers. | 
Parser package is a basic framework of interfaces for building a lexer or parser for various document types. It includes lexer implementations for HTML, Java, and Java properties files, and a parser implementation for Java files. It also includes a basic generic lexer implementation to quickly prototype a lexer for additional languages.
The lexer framework is defined primarily to allow rapid implementation of syntax highlighting support for new languages by implementing a Lexer for the new language and implementing the appropriate editor language interfaces necessary for a new syntax highlighting module.