Base class for writing simple lexers, i.e. for creating small DSLs.
@since 2.0 @author Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com> @author Jonathan Wage <jonwage@gmail.com> @author Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org> @todo Rename: AbstractLexer
Expanded class hierarchy of Lexer
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abstract protected | function | Lexical catchable patterns. | 1 |
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public | function | Gets the literal for a given token. | |
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abstract protected | function | Lexical non-catchable patterns. | 1 |
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abstract protected | function | Retrieve token type. Also processes the token value if necessary. | 1 |
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public | function | Peeks at the next token, returns it and immediately resets the peek. | |
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public | function | Checks if given value is identical to the given token | |
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public | function | Checks whether a given token matches the current lookahead. | |
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public | function | Checks whether any of the given tokens matches the current lookahead | |
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public | function | Moves to the next token in the input string. | |
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public | function | Moves the lookahead token forward. | |
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public | function | Resets the lexer. | |
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public | function | Resets the peek pointer to 0. | |
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public | function | Resets the lexer position on the input to the given position. | |
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protected | function | Scans the input string for tokens. | |
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public | function | Sets the input data to be tokenized. | |
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public | function | Tells the lexer to skip input tokens until it sees a token with the given value. |