com.Ostermiller.Syntax.Lexer
Class PropertiesLexer

java.lang.Object
  com.Ostermiller.Syntax.Lexer.PropertiesLexer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Lexer

public class PropertiesLexer
extends Object
implements Lexer

PropertiesLexer is a Java Properties file lexer. Created with JFlex. An example of how it is used:

  PropertiesLexer shredder = new PropertiesLexer(System.in);
  PropertiesToken t;
  while ((t = shredder.getNextToken()) != null){
      System.out.println(t);
  }
  

See Also:

PropertiesToken

Field Summary

static int	LINE_END
static int	MID_NAME
static int	MID_NAME_NEW_LINE
static int	MID_VALUE
static int	NAME
static int	SEPARATOR lexical states
static int	VALUE
static int	WHITE_SPACE
static int	YYEOF This character denotes the end of file
static int	YYINITIAL

Constructor Summary

PropertiesLexer(InputStream in)
Creates a new scanner.

PropertiesLexer(Reader in)
Creates a new scanner There is also a java.io.InputStream version of this constructor.

Method Summary

Token	getNextToken() Resumes scanning until the next regular expression is matched, the end of input is encountered or an I/O-Error occurs.
Token	getNextToken(boolean returnComments, boolean returnWhiteSpace) next Token method that allows you to control if whitespace and comments are returned as tokens.
static void	main(String[] args) Prints out tokens from a file or System.in.
void	reset(Reader reader, int yyline, int yychar, int yycolumn) Closes the current input stream, and resets the scanner to read from a new input stream.
void	yybegin(int newState) Enters a new lexical state
char	yycharat(int pos) Returns the character at position pos from the matched text.
void	yyclose() Closes the input stream.
int	yylength() Returns the length of the matched text region.
void	yypushback(int number) Pushes the specified amount of characters back into the input stream.
void	yyreset(Reader reader) Resets the scanner to read from a new input stream.
int	yystate() Returns the current lexical state.
String	yytext() Returns the text matched by the current regular expression.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

YYEOF

public static final int YYEOF

This character denotes the end of file

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Constant Field Values

SEPARATOR

public static final int SEPARATOR

lexical states

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Constant Field Values

MID_NAME

public static final int MID_NAME

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Constant Field Values

MID_NAME_NEW_LINE

public static final int MID_NAME_NEW_LINE

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VALUE

public static final int VALUE

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Constant Field Values

MID_VALUE

public static final int MID_VALUE

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Constant Field Values

YYINITIAL

public static final int YYINITIAL

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Constant Field Values

WHITE_SPACE

public static final int WHITE_SPACE

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LINE_END

public static final int LINE_END

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NAME

public static final int NAME

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Constructor Detail

PropertiesLexer

public PropertiesLexer(Reader in)

Creates a new scanner There is also a java.io.InputStream version of this constructor.

Parameters:

in - the java.io.Reader to read input from.

PropertiesLexer

public PropertiesLexer(InputStream in)

Creates a new scanner. There is also java.io.Reader version of this constructor.

Parameters:

in - the java.io.Inputstream to read input from.

Method Detail

getNextToken

public Token getNextToken(boolean returnComments,
                          boolean returnWhiteSpace)
                   throws IOException

next Token method that allows you to control if whitespace and comments are returned as tokens.

Throws:

IOException

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Prints out tokens from a file or System.in. If no arguments are given, System.in will be used for input. If more arguments are given, the first argument will be used as the name of the file to use as input

Parameters:

args - program arguments, of which the first is a filename

reset

public void reset(Reader reader,
                  int yyline,
                  int yychar,
                  int yycolumn)
           throws IOException

Closes the current input stream, and resets the scanner to read from a new input stream. All internal variables are reset, the old input stream cannot be reused (content of the internal buffer is discarded and lost). The lexical state is set to the initial state. Subsequent tokens read from the lexer will start with the line, char, and column values given here.

Specified by:

reset in interface Lexer

Parameters:

reader - The new input.

yyline - The line number of the first token.

yychar - The position (relative to the start of the stream) of the first token.

yycolumn - The position (relative to the line) of the first token.

Throws:

IOException - if an IOExecption occurs while switching readers.

yyclose

public final void yyclose()
                   throws IOException

Closes the input stream.

Throws:

IOException

yyreset

public final void yyreset(Reader reader)

Resets the scanner to read from a new input stream. Does not close the old reader. All internal variables are reset, the old input stream cannot be reused (internal buffer is discarded and lost). Lexical state is set to ZZ_INITIAL.

Parameters:

reader - the new input stream

yystate

public final int yystate()

Returns the current lexical state.

yybegin

public final void yybegin(int newState)

Enters a new lexical state

Parameters:

newState - the new lexical state

yytext

public final String yytext()

Returns the text matched by the current regular expression.

yycharat

public final char yycharat(int pos)

Returns the character at position pos from the matched text. It is equivalent to yytext().charAt(pos), but faster

Parameters:

pos - the position of the character to fetch. A value from 0 to yylength()-1.

Returns:

the character at position pos

yylength

public final int yylength()

Returns the length of the matched text region.

yypushback

public void yypushback(int number)

Pushes the specified amount of characters back into the input stream. They will be read again by then next call of the scanning method

Parameters:

number - the number of characters to be read again. This number must not be greater than yylength()!

getNextToken

public Token getNextToken()
                   throws IOException

Resumes scanning until the next regular expression is matched, the end of input is encountered or an I/O-Error occurs.

Specified by:

getNextToken in interface Lexer

Returns:

the next token

Throws:

IOException - if any I/O-Error occurs