/*
* Copyright 2008 Ayman Al-Sairafi ayman.alsairafi@gmail.com
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License
* at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package jsyntaxpane;
/**
* This is a default, and abstract implemenatation of a Lexer with
* some utility methods that Lexers can implement.
*
* @author Ayman Al-Sairafi
*/
public abstract class DefaultLexer implements Lexer {
protected int tokenStart;
protected int tokenLength;
/**
* Helper method to create and return a new Token from of TokenType
* @param type
* @param tStart
* @param tLength
* @param newStart
* @param newLength
* @return
*/
protected Token token(TokenType type, int tStart, int tLength,
int newStart, int newLength) {
tokenStart = newStart;
tokenLength = newLength;
return new Token(type, tStart, tLength);
}
/**
* Return the current matched token as a string. This is <b>expensive</b>
* as it creates a new String object for the token. Use with care.
*
* @return
*/
protected CharSequence getTokenSrring() {
return yytext();
}
}