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.
20 #include <boost/utility.hpp>
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
{
42 LyXLex(keyword_item
*, int);
58 /// stream is open and end of stream is not reached
61 operator void const *() const;
63 bool operator!() const;
64 /// return true if able to open file, else false
65 bool setFile(std::string
const & filename
);
67 void setStream(std::istream
& is
);
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
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.
88 /// Push a token, that next token got from lyxlex.
89 void pushToken(std::string
const &);
92 int getLineNo() const;
95 int getInteger() const;
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
);
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
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
&);
133 LyXLex
& operator>>(std::string
&);
135 LyXLex
& operator>>(float &);
137 LyXLex
& operator>>(double &);
139 LyXLex
& operator>>(int &);
140 /// extract unsigned integer
141 LyXLex
& operator>>(unsigned int &);
143 LyXLex
& operator>>(bool &);
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
158 struct pushpophelper
{
160 pushpophelper(LyXLex
& lexrc
, keyword_item
* i
, int s
) : lex(lexrc
) {
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