edu.mit.ai.psg.strings
Interface Prettify.Syntax

All Known Implementing Classes:

Prettify.ASCIISyntax

Enclosing class:

Prettify

public static interface Prettify.Syntax

Syntax used by Prettify

Method Summary

boolean	isClose(char c) punctuation closing a list: ')' or ']' or ')' or ...
boolean	isCloseQuote(char c) punctuation closing a string
boolean	isEscapeChar(char c) character escape, e.g., '\' in "(\"Hi\")"
boolean	isLetterOrDigit(char c)
boolean	isMatchedClose(char open, char close) match list punctuation: '(' -> ')', '[' -> ']', '{' -> '}' ...
boolean	isMatchedCloseQuote(char open, char close) map string quotes '\"' to '\"'
boolean	isOpen(char c) punctuation opening a list: '(' or '[' or '{' or ...
boolean	isOpenQuote(char c) punctuation opening a string
boolean	isSeparator(char c) list element separator, e.g., ',', ';', ...
boolean	isWhitespace(char c)
int	skipString(String input, int position) skip over a "quoted string"
int	skipWhitespace(String input, int position) skip over space.
int	skipWord(String input, int position) skip over a contiguous.word.without.a.possible.line.break.

Method Detail

isWhitespace

public boolean isWhitespace(char c)

See Also:

Character.isWhitespace

isLetterOrDigit

public boolean isLetterOrDigit(char c)

See Also:

Character.isLetterOrDigit

isOpen

public boolean isOpen(char c)

punctuation opening a list: '(' or '[' or '{' or ...

isClose

public boolean isClose(char c)

punctuation closing a list: ')' or ']' or ')' or ...

isMatchedClose

public boolean isMatchedClose(char open,
                              char close)

match list punctuation: '(' -> ')', '[' -> ']', '{' -> '}' ...

isSeparator

public boolean isSeparator(char c)

list element separator, e.g., ',', ';', ...

isOpenQuote

public boolean isOpenQuote(char c)

punctuation opening a string

isCloseQuote

public boolean isCloseQuote(char c)

punctuation closing a string

isMatchedCloseQuote

public boolean isMatchedCloseQuote(char open,
                                   char close)

map string quotes '\"' to '\"'

isEscapeChar

public boolean isEscapeChar(char c)

character escape, e.g., '\' in "(\"Hi\")"

skipWhitespace

public int skipWhitespace(String input,
                          int position)

skip over space.

Returns:

index in input string of first nonspace character searching from position, or length of string if none

skipWord

public int skipWord(String input,
                    int position)
             throws IllegalArgumentException

skip over a contiguous.word.without.a.possible.line.break.

Returns:

index in input string of first possible line break or length of string if none

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if escape char at end of input.

skipString

public int skipString(String input,
                      int position)

skip over a "quoted string"

Returns:

index in input string of first char after matching quote.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if no matching quote found.