libcw/cwLex.h

#ifndef cwLex_H
#define cwLex_H


//( { file_desc:"User configurable lexer for tokenizing text files." kw:[text]}

namespace cw
{
  namespace lex
  {

    // Predefined Lexer Id's
    enum
    {
     kErrorLexTId,    //  0  the lexer was unable to identify the current token
     kUnknownLexTId,  //  1  the token is of an unknown type (only used when kReturnUnknownLexFl is set)
     kEofLexTId,      //  2  the lexer reached the end of input
     kSpaceLexTId,    //  3  white space
     kRealLexTId,     //  4  real number (contains a decimal point or is in scientific notation) 
     kIntLexTId,      //  5  decimal integer
     kHexLexTId,      //  6  hexidecimal integer
     kIdentLexTId,    //  7  identifier
     kQStrLexTId,     //  8  quoted string
     kQCharLexTId,    //  9  quoted char
     kBlockCmtLexTId, // 10  block comment
     kLineCmtLexTId,  // 11  line comment
     kUserLexTId      // 12 user registered token (See lexRegisterToken().)
    };

    // Lexer control flags used with lexInit().
    enum
    {
     kReturnSpaceLexFl    = 0x01, //< Return space tokens
     kReturnCommentsLexFl = 0x02, //< Return comment tokens
     kReturnUnknownLexFl  = 0x04, //< Return unknown tokens
     kReturnQCharLexFl    = 0x08, //< Return quoted characters
     kUserDefPriorityLexFl= 0x10  //< User defined tokens take priority even if a kIdentLexTId token has a longer match
    };

    typedef handle<struct lex_str> handle_t;

    // Iniitalize the lexer and receive a lexer handle in return.
    // Set cp to nullptr if the buffer will be later via lexSetTextBuffer();
    // See the kXXXLexFl enum's above for possible flag values.
    rc_t             create( handle_t& hRef, const char* cp, unsigned cn, unsigned flags );

    // Finalize a lexer created by an earlier call to lexInit()
    rc_t             destroy( handle_t& hRef );

    // Rewind the lexer to the begining of the buffer (the same as post initialize state)
    rc_t             reset( handle_t h );

    // Verify that a lexer handle is valid
    bool               isValid( handle_t h );

    // Set a new text buffer and reset the lexer to the post initialize state.
    rc_t             setTextBuffer( handle_t h, const char* cp, unsigned cn );
    rc_t             setFile( handle_t h, const char* fn );

    // Register a user defined token. The id of the first user defined token should be
    // kUserLexTId+1.  Neither the id or token text can be used by a previously registered
    // or built-in token. 
    rc_t             registerToken( handle_t h, unsigned id, const char* token );

    // Register a user defined token recognition function.  This function should return the count
    // of initial, consecutive, characters in 'cp[cn]' which match its token pattern.
    typedef unsigned (*lexUserMatcherPtr_t)( const char* cp, unsigned cn );

    rc_t             registerMatcher( handle_t h, unsigned id, lexUserMatcherPtr_t funcPtr );

    // Enable or disable the specified token type.
    rc_t             enableToken( handle_t h, unsigned id, bool enableFl );

    // Get and set the lexer filter flags kReturnXXXLexFl.
    // These flags can be safely enabled and disabled between
    // calls to lexGetNextToken().
    unsigned           filterFlags( handle_t h );
    void               setFilterFlags( handle_t h, unsigned flags );

    // Return the type id of the current token and advances to the next token
    unsigned           getNextToken( handle_t h );

    // Return the type id associated with the current token. This is the same value
    // returned by the previous call to lexGetNextToken().
    unsigned           tokenId( handle_t h ); 

    // Return a pointer to the first character of text associated with the 
    // current token. The returned pointer directly references the text contained
    // in the buffer given to the lexer in the call to lexInit().  The string
    // is therefore not zero terminated. Use lexTokenCharCount() to get the 
    // length of the token string.
    const char* tokenText( handle_t h );

    // Return the count of characters in the text associated with the current token.
    // This is the only way to get this count since the string returned by 
    // lexTokenText() is not zero terminated.
    unsigned           tokenCharCount(  handle_t h );

    // Return the value of the current token as an integer.
    int                tokenInt( handle_t h );

    // Return the value of the current token as an unsigned integer.
    unsigned           tokenUInt( handle_t h );

    // Return the value of the current token as a float.
    float              tokenFloat( handle_t h );

    // Return the value of the current token as a double.
    double             tokenDouble( handle_t h );

    // Return true if the current token is an int and it was suffixed
    // with 'u' to indicate that it is unsigned.
    bool               tokenIsUnsigned( handle_t h );

    // Return true if the current token is a real and it was suffexed 
    // with 'f' to indicate that it is a single precision float.
    bool               tokenIsSinglePrecision( handle_t h );

    // Return the line number associated with the current token 
    unsigned           currentLineNumber( handle_t h );

    // Return the starting column of the current token
    unsigned           currentColumnNumber( handle_t h ); 

    // Return the RC code associated with the last error
    unsigned           errorRC( handle_t h );

    // Return the label associated with a token id
    const char* idToLabel( handle_t h, unsigned typeId );

    // Lexer testing stub.
    rc_t test(  );
  }
}

//)



#endif