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Eclipse Platform
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules
Class PatternRule


java.lang.Object
  extended by 
org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.PatternRule
All Implemented Interfaces:
IPredicateRule, IRule
Direct Known Subclasses:
MultiLineRule, SingleLineRule

public class PatternRule
extends Object
implements IPredicateRule

Standard implementation of IPredicateRule. Is is capable of detecting a pattern which begins with a given start sequence and ends with a given end sequence. If the end sequence is not specified, it can be either end of line, end or file, or both. Additionally, the pattern can be constrained to begin in a certain column. The rule can also be used to check whether the text to scan covers half of the pattern, i.e. contains the end sequence required by the rule.


Field Summary
protected  boolean fBreaksOnEOF
          Indicates whether end of file terminates the pattern
protected  boolean fBreaksOnEOL
          Indicates whether end of line terminates the pattern
protected  int fColumn
          The pattern's column constrain
protected  char[] fEndSequence
          The pattern's end sequence
protected  char fEscapeCharacter
          The pattern's escape character
protected  boolean fEscapeContinuesLine
          Indicates whether the escape character continues a line
protected  char[] fStartSequence
          The pattern's start sequence
protected   IToken fToken
          The token to be returned on success
protected static int UNDEFINED
          Internal setting for the un-initialized column constraint
 
Constructor Summary
PatternRule ( String startSequence, String endSequence, IToken token, char escapeCharacter, boolean breaksOnEOL)
          Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence.
PatternRule ( String startSequence, String endSequence, IToken token, char escapeCharacter, boolean breaksOnEOL, boolean breaksOnEOF)
          Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence.
PatternRule ( String startSequence, String endSequence, IToken token, char escapeCharacter, boolean breaksOnEOL, boolean breaksOnEOF, boolean escapeContinuesLine)
          Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence.
 
Method Summary
protected   IToken doEvaluate ( ICharacterScanner scanner)
          Evaluates this rules without considering any column constraints.
protected   IToken doEvaluate ( ICharacterScanner scanner, boolean resume)
          Evaluates this rules without considering any column constraints.
protected  boolean endSequenceDetected ( ICharacterScanner scanner)
          Returns whether the end sequence was detected.
  IToken evaluate ( ICharacterScanner scanner)
          Evaluates the rule by examining the characters available from the provided character scanner.
  IToken evaluate ( ICharacterScanner scanner, boolean resume)
          Evaluates the rule by examining the characters available from the provided character scanner.
  IToken getSuccessToken ()
          Returns the success token of this predicate rule.
protected  boolean sequenceDetected ( ICharacterScanner scanner, char[] sequence, boolean eofAllowed)
          Returns whether the next characters to be read by the character scanner are an exact match with the given sequence.
 void setColumnConstraint (int column)
          Sets a column constraint for this rule.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

UNDEFINED

protected static final int UNDEFINED
Internal setting for the un-initialized column constraint

See Also:
Constant Field Values

fToken

protected 
IToken fToken
The token to be returned on success


fStartSequence

protected char[] fStartSequence
The pattern's start sequence


fEndSequence

protected char[] fEndSequence
The pattern's end sequence


fColumn

protected int fColumn
The pattern's column constrain


fEscapeCharacter

protected char fEscapeCharacter
The pattern's escape character


fEscapeContinuesLine

protected boolean fEscapeContinuesLine
Indicates whether the escape character continues a line

Since:
3.0

fBreaksOnEOL

protected boolean fBreaksOnEOL
Indicates whether end of line terminates the pattern


fBreaksOnEOF

protected boolean fBreaksOnEOF
Indicates whether end of file terminates the pattern

Constructor Detail

PatternRule

public PatternRule(
String startSequence,
                   
String endSequence,
                   
IToken token,
                   char escapeCharacter,
                   boolean breaksOnEOL)
Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence. When these sequences are detected the rule will return the specified token. Alternatively, the sequence can also be ended by the end of the line. Any character which follows the given escapeCharacter will be ignored.

Parameters:
startSequence - the pattern's start sequence
endSequence - the pattern's end sequence, null is a legal value
token - the token which will be returned on success
escapeCharacter - any character following this one will be ignored
breaksOnEOL - indicates whether the end of the line also terminates the pattern

PatternRule

public PatternRule(
String startSequence,
                   
String endSequence,
                   
IToken token,
                   char escapeCharacter,
                   boolean breaksOnEOL,
                   boolean breaksOnEOF)
Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence. When these sequences are detected the rule will return the specified token. Alternatively, the sequence can also be ended by the end of the line or the end of the file. Any character which follows the given escapeCharacter will be ignored.

Parameters:
startSequence - the pattern's start sequence
endSequence - the pattern's end sequence, null is a legal value
token - the token which will be returned on success
escapeCharacter - any character following this one will be ignored
breaksOnEOL - indicates whether the end of the line also terminates the pattern
breaksOnEOF - indicates whether the end of the file also terminates the pattern
Since:
2.1

PatternRule

public PatternRule(
String startSequence,
                   
String endSequence,
                   
IToken token,
                   char escapeCharacter,
                   boolean breaksOnEOL,
                   boolean breaksOnEOF,
                   boolean escapeContinuesLine)
Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence. When these sequences are detected the rule will return the specified token. Alternatively, the sequence can also be ended by the end of the line or the end of the file. Any character which follows the given escapeCharacter will be ignored. An end of line immediately after the given lineContinuationCharacter will not cause the pattern to terminate even if breakOnEOL is set to true.

Parameters:
startSequence - the pattern's start sequence
endSequence - the pattern's end sequence, null is a legal value
token - the token which will be returned on success
escapeCharacter - any character following this one will be ignored
breaksOnEOL - indicates whether the end of the line also terminates the pattern
breaksOnEOF - indicates whether the end of the file also terminates the pattern
escapeContinuesLine - indicates whether the specified escape character is used for line continuation, so that an end of line immediately after the escape character does not terminate the pattern, even if breakOnEOL is set
Since:
3.0
Method Detail

setColumnConstraint

public void setColumnConstraint(int column)
Sets a column constraint for this rule. If set, the rule's token will only be returned if the pattern is detected starting at the specified column. If the column is smaller then 0, the column constraint is considered removed.

Parameters:
column - the column in which the pattern starts

doEvaluate

protected 
IToken doEvaluate(
ICharacterScanner scanner)
Evaluates this rules without considering any column constraints.

Parameters:
scanner - the character scanner to be used
Returns:
the token resulting from this evaluation

doEvaluate

protected 
IToken doEvaluate(
ICharacterScanner scanner,
                            boolean resume)
Evaluates this rules without considering any column constraints. Resumes detection, i.e. look sonly for the end sequence required by this rule if the resume flag is set.

Parameters:
scanner - the character scanner to be used
resume - true if detection should be resumed, false otherwise
Returns:
the token resulting from this evaluation
Since:
2.0

evaluate

public 
IToken evaluate(
ICharacterScanner scanner)
Description copied from interface: IRule
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

Specified by:
evaluate in interface IRule
Parameters:
scanner - the character scanner to be used by this rule
Returns:
the token computed by the rule

endSequenceDetected

protected boolean endSequenceDetected(
ICharacterScanner scanner)
Returns whether the end sequence was detected. As the pattern can be considered ended by a line delimiter, the result of this method is true if the rule breaks on the end of the line, or if the EOF character is read.

Parameters:
scanner - the character scanner to be used
Returns:
true if the end sequence has been detected

sequenceDetected

protected boolean sequenceDetected(
ICharacterScanner scanner,
                                   char[] sequence,
                                   boolean eofAllowed)
Returns whether the next characters to be read by the character scanner are an exact match with the given sequence. No escape characters are allowed within the sequence. If specified the sequence is considered to be found when reading the EOF character.

Parameters:
scanner - the character scanner to be used
sequence - the sequence to be detected
eofAllowed - indicated whether EOF terminates the pattern
Returns:
true if the given sequence has been detected

evaluate

public 
IToken evaluate(
ICharacterScanner scanner,
                       boolean resume)
Description copied from interface: IPredicateRule
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. Otherwise, this method returns this rule's success token. If this rules relies on a text pattern comprising a opening and a closing character sequence this method can also be called when the scanner is positioned already between the opening and the closing sequence. In this case, resume must be set to true.

Specified by:
evaluate in interface IPredicateRule
Parameters:
scanner - the character scanner to be used by this rule
resume - indicates that the rule starts working between the opening and the closing character sequence
Returns:
the token computed by the rule

getSuccessToken

public 
IToken getSuccessToken()
Description copied from interface: IPredicateRule
Returns the success token of this predicate rule.

Specified by:
getSuccessToken in interface IPredicateRule
Returns:
the success token of this rule

Eclipse Platform
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