stanhebben.zenscript.parser

Class CharStream

java.lang.Object

stanhebben.zenscript.parser.CharStream

public class CharStream
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a character stream. Suitable for character by character parsing.

Used in the regular expression parser.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CharStream(java.lang.String data) Constructs a character stream from a data string.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	hasMore() Checks if the end of the stream has been reached.
char	next() Returns the next character in the stream.
boolean	optional(char ch) Processes an optional character.
char	optional(char from, char to) Processes an optional range of characters.
boolean	peek(char ch) Checks if the next character in the stream equals the specified character.
void	required(char ch) Processes a required character.
char	required(char from, char to) Processes a required character range.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharStream

public CharStream(java.lang.String data)

Constructs a character stream from a data string.

Parameters:

data - data string

Method Detail

peek

public boolean peek(char ch)

Checks if the next character in the stream equals the specified character.

Parameters:

ch - checked character

Returns:

true if the next character equals the specified character

optional

public boolean optional(char ch)

Processes an optional character. If the next character does not equal the specified character, nothing will happen.

Parameters:

ch - checked character

Returns:

true if the next character equals the specified character

optional

public char optional(char from,
                     char to)

Processes an optional range of characters. If the next character is not within the specified bounds, nothing will happen.

Parameters:

from - lower character value bound, inclusive

to - upper character value bound, inclusive

Returns:

the processed character

required

public void required(char ch)

Processes a required character. If the next character does not equal the specified character, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

Parameters:

ch - required character

required

public char required(char from,
                     char to)

Processes a required character range. If the next character is not within the specified bounds, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

Parameters:

from - lower character value bound, inclusive

to - upper character value bound, inclusive

Returns:

the processed character

next

public char next()

Returns the next character in the stream.

Returns:

the next character

hasMore

public boolean hasMore()

Checks if the end of the stream has been reached.

Returns:

true if there are more characters in the stream