Package com.singularsys.jep.configurableparser.matchers

Class MultiLineMatcher

java.lang.Object

com.singularsys.jep.configurableparser.matchers.MultiLineMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

TokenMatcher, Serializable

public class MultiLineMatcher
extends Object
implements TokenMatcher

Matches tokens which span multiple lines of the input. The tokenizer matches the input a line at a time and subclasses of this can be used match tokens which span multiple lines.

See Also:

• MultiLineToken
• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MultiLineMatcher(TokenMatcher startMatcher, TokenMatcher endMatcher, TokenBuilder completeMatcher)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	init(Jep j)	Initialize the matcher when the Jep instance is known.
Token	match(String s)	Match the start of the token.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MultiLineMatcher

public MultiLineMatcher(TokenMatcher startMatcher,
 TokenMatcher endMatcher,
 TokenBuilder completeMatcher)

Parameters:

startMatcher - a matcher to match the start of the token.

endMatcher - a matcher to match the end of the token.

completeMatcher - a TokenBuilder which is used to produce the final token.

Method Details

match

public Token match(String s)
            throws ParseException

Match the start of the token.

Specified by:

match in interface TokenMatcher

Parameters:

s - the string to match against

Returns:

a MultiLineToken

Throws:

ParseException - on syntax error

init

public void init(Jep j)

Description copied from interface: TokenMatcher

Initialize the matcher when the Jep instance is known.

Specified by:

init in interface TokenMatcher

Parameters:

j - Jep instance