com.coasttocoastresearch.apg
Class UdtLib.WhiteSpace

java.lang.Object
  com.coasttocoastresearch.apg.Parser.UdtCallback
      com.coasttocoastresearch.apg.UdtLib.WhiteSpace

Enclosing class:

UdtLib

public static class UdtLib.WhiteSpace
extends Parser.UdtCallback

UDT for any of several choices for white space characters.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.coasttocoastresearch.apg.Parser.UdtCallback

callbackData

Constructor Summary

UdtLib.WhiteSpace(Parser parser)
Default constructor.

UdtLib.WhiteSpace(Parser parser, boolean optional, UdtLib.Comment comment, UdtLib.LineEnd foldingLineEnd)
General constructor.

Method Summary

int	callback(int offset) The UDT function.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UdtLib.WhiteSpace

public UdtLib.WhiteSpace(Parser parser)

Default constructor. White space is an optional string of space (x20) or horizontal tab (x09) characters.

Parameters:

parser - the Parser object this UDT is attached to.

UdtLib.WhiteSpace

public UdtLib.WhiteSpace(Parser parser,
                         boolean optional,
                         UdtLib.Comment comment,
                         UdtLib.LineEnd foldingLineEnd)

General constructor. White space always includes the standard white space characters space(x20) or horizontal tab(x09). Optionally white space additionally may include line comments and/or folding white space. Folding white space, found in many Internet standards, is a line end followed by one standard white space character.

Parameters:

parser - the Parser object this UDT is attached to.

optional - if true, the white space is optional, if false at least one white space character or entity is required.

comment - if null, comments are not considered white space, otherwise comment is a Comment class object or any Comment extension object.

foldingLineEnd - if null, folding white space is not allowed. Otherwise folding white space is allowed and foldingLineEnd is a LineEnd class object or any LineEnd extension object.

Method Detail

callback

public int callback(int offset)

Description copied from class: Parser.UdtCallback

The UDT function.

Specified by:

callback in class Parser.UdtCallback

Parameters:

offset - offset into the input string to the first character of the parsed phrase.

Returns:

the matched phrase length, L, or -1 if no phrase was matched. The phrase length must be in the range 0 <= L <=(n-1), where n is the remaining number of characters in the input string.