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1 // -*- C++ -*-
2 /**
3 * \file lyxlex.h
4 * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
5 * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
7 * \author Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
8 * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
10 * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
13 // Generalized simple lexical analizer.
14 // It can be used for simple syntax parsers, like lyxrc,
15 // texclass and others to come.
17 #ifndef LYXLEX_H
18 #define LYXLEX_H
20 #include <boost/utility.hpp>
22 #include <iosfwd>
23 #include <string>
26 ///
27 struct keyword_item {
28 ///
29 char const * tag;
30 ///
31 int code;
34 /** Generalized simple lexical analizer.
35 It can be used for simple syntax parsers, like lyxrc,
36 texclass and others to come.
37 @see lyxrc.C for an example of usage.
39 class LyXLex : boost::noncopyable {
40 public:
41 ///
42 LyXLex(keyword_item *, int);
43 ///
44 ~LyXLex();
46 /// Lex basic codes
47 enum {
48 ///
49 LEX_UNDEF = -1,
50 ///
51 LEX_FEOF = -2,
52 ///
53 LEX_DATA = -3,
54 ///
55 LEX_TOKEN = -4
58 /// stream is open and end of stream is not reached
59 bool isOK() const;
60 /// stream is ok
61 operator void const *() const;
62 /// stream is not ok
63 bool operator!() const;
64 /// return true if able to open file, else false
65 bool setFile(std::string const & filename);
66 ///
67 void setStream(std::istream & is);
68 ///
69 std::istream & getStream();
70 /// Danger! Don't use it unless you know what you are doing.
71 void setLineNo(int l);
72 /// Change the character that begins a comment. Default is '#'
73 void setCommentChar(char c);
75 /// returns a lex code
76 int lex();
78 /** Just read athe next word. If esc is true remember that
79 some chars might be escaped: "\ atleast
81 bool next(bool esc = false);
83 /** Read next token. This one is almost the same as next,
84 but it will consider " as a regular character and always
85 split a word if it contains a backslash.
87 bool nextToken();
88 /// Push a token, that next token got from lyxlex.
89 void pushToken(std::string const &);
91 ///
92 int getLineNo() const;
94 ///
95 int getInteger() const;
96 ///
97 bool getBool() const;
98 ///
99 float getFloat() const;
101 std::string const getString() const;
103 /** Get a long string, ended by the tag `endtag'.
104 This string can span several lines. The first line
105 serves as a template for how many spaces the lines
106 are indented. This much white space is skipped from
107 each following line. This mechanism does not work
108 perfectly if you use tabs.
110 std::string const getLongString(std::string const & endtag);
113 bool eatLine();
115 /// Pushes a token list on a stack and replaces it with a new one.
116 void pushTable(keyword_item *, int);
118 /** Pops a token list into void and replaces it with the one now
119 on top of the stack.
121 void popTable();
123 /** Prints an error message with the corresponding line number
124 and file name. If message contains the substring `$$Token',
125 it is replaced with the value of GetString()
127 void printError(std::string const & message) const;
129 /// Prints the current token table on the supplied ostream.
130 void printTable(std::ostream &);
132 /// extract string
133 LyXLex & operator>>(std::string &);
134 /// extract float
135 LyXLex & operator>>(float &);
136 /// extract double
137 LyXLex & operator>>(double &);
138 /// extract integer
139 LyXLex & operator>>(int &);
140 /// extract unsigned integer
141 LyXLex & operator>>(unsigned int &);
142 /// extract bool
143 LyXLex & operator>>(bool &);
145 private:
146 struct Pimpl;
148 Pimpl * pimpl_;
152 /** Use to enable multiple exit points.
153 This is needed to ensure that the pop is done upon exit from methods
154 with more than one exit point or that can return as a response to
155 exceptions.
156 @author Lgb
158 struct pushpophelper {
160 pushpophelper(LyXLex & lexrc, keyword_item * i, int s) : lex(lexrc) {
161 lex.pushTable(i, s);
164 ~pushpophelper() {
165 lex.popTable();
168 LyXLex & lex;
170 /** Avoid wrong usage of pushpophelper.
171 To avoid wrong usage:
172 pushpophelper(...); // wrong
173 pushpophelper pph(...); // right
175 #define pushpophelper(x, y, z) unnamed_pushpophelper;
176 // Tip gotten from Bobby Schmidt's column in C/C++ Users Journal
178 #endif