---

Overview  Package    Class   Use  Tree  Deprecated  Index  Help		Eclipse Platform Release 3.5
PREV CLASS    NEXT CLASS	NO FRAMES
SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR |  METHOD	DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR |  METHOD

---

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules
Interface IRule

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPredicateRule

All Known Implementing Classes:

EndOfLineRule, MultiLineRule, NumberRule, PatternRule, SingleLineRule, WhitespaceRule, WordPatternRule, WordRule

---

public interface IRule

Defines the interface for a rule used in the scanning of text for the purpose of document partitioning or text styling.

See Also:

ICharacterScanner

---

Method Summary
IToken	evaluate ( ICharacterScanner scanner)           Evaluates the rule by examining the characters available from the provided character scanner.

 

Method Detail

evaluate

IToken evaluate(
ICharacterScanner scanner)

Evaluates the rule by examining the characters available from the provided character scanner. The token returned by this rule returns true when calling isUndefined, if the text that the rule investigated does not match the rule's requirements

Parameters:

scanner - the character scanner to be used by this rule

Returns:

the token computed by the rule

---

Overview  Package    Class   Use  Tree  Deprecated  Index  Help		Eclipse Platform Release 3.5
PREV CLASS    NEXT CLASS	NO FRAMES
SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR |  METHOD	DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR |  METHOD

---

Guidelines for using Eclipse APIs.

Copyright (c) Eclipse contributors and others 2000, 2008. All rights reserved.