JaCoP.util.fsm
Class RegularExpressionParser

java.lang.Object
  JaCoP.util.fsm.RegularExpressionParser

public class RegularExpressionParser
extends java.lang.Object

Instances of this class parse the word combination little language.

Version:

3.1

Author:

Polina Makeeva and Radoslaw Szymanek

Nested Class Summary

class	RegularExpressionParser.Expression It creates an abstract class expression which specifies basic methods of the expression.
class	RegularExpressionParser.Literal It specifies a simple literal.
class	RegularExpressionParser.SyntaxException SyntaxException raised if not regular expression is being parsed.

Field Summary

static int	Concatenation The constant denoting concatenation expression.
static int	Expression Constant denoting an expression.
static int	Literal The constant denoting simple literal.
static int	Star The constant denoting star expression.
static int	Sum The constant denoting sum expression.

Constructor Summary

RegularExpressionParser(java.io.StringReader input)
It constructs a parser of the regular expression.

Method Summary

RegularExpressionParser.Expression

parse(boolean parseOneNext) This method parses an expression that it reads from a given input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Expression

public static final int Expression

Constant denoting an expression.

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Constant Field Values

Literal

public static final int Literal

The constant denoting simple literal.

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Concatenation

public static final int Concatenation

The constant denoting concatenation expression.

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Star

public static final int Star

The constant denoting star expression.

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Sum

public static final int Sum

The constant denoting sum expression.

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Constructor Detail

RegularExpressionParser

public RegularExpressionParser(java.io.StringReader input)
                        throws RegularExpressionParser.SyntaxException

It constructs a parser of the regular expression.

Parameters:

input - string reader containing the regular expression.

Throws:

RegularExpressionParser.SyntaxException - if first token is neither word or left parenthesis.

Method Detail

parse

public RegularExpressionParser.Expression parse(boolean parseOneNext)
                                         throws RegularExpressionParser.SyntaxException

This method parses an expression that it reads from a given input stream.

Parameters:

parseOneNext - if parsing should parse only one item.

Returns:

An expression that is the root of the parse tree produced by the parser.

Throws:

RegularExpressionParser.SyntaxException