Interface ExplicitStateHighlighter

All Known Implementing Classes:
CppHighlighter, GroovyHighlighter, JavaHighlighter, XmlHighlighter
public interface ExplicitStateHighlighter
Provides access to the lexical scanning of a highlighted language.
Since:
1.0
Version:
$Revision: 3108 $

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    byte
    getNextToken()
    Obtain the next token from the scanner.
    int
    getTokenLength()
    Returns the length of the matched text region.
    void
    setReader(Reader reader)
    Sets the reader that will be used to receive the text data.

  • Method Details

    • setReader

      void setReader(Reader reader)
      Sets the reader that will be used to receive the text data.
      Parameters:
      reader - the Reader that has to be used

    • getNextToken

      byte getNextToken() throws IOException
      Obtain the next token from the scanner.
      Returns:
      one of the tokens that are define in the scanner
      Throws:
      IOException - when an error occurred during the parsing of the reader

    • getTokenLength

      int getTokenLength()
      Returns the length of the matched text region.
      Returns:
      the length of the matched text region