Method Detail

• public boolean consumeIfMatch(char[] match)

  Useful for finding constants in a string like true, false, etc.

• public int currentChar()

  returns the current character without changing the IO pointer or index.

• public String errorDetails(String message)

  Builds an error message using the current source position.

  Parameters:

  message - parser-specific message

  Returns:

  formatted error details

• public char[] findNextChar(int ch, int esc)

  Used to find strings and their ilk Finds the next non-escaped char

  Parameters:

  ch - character to find

  esc - escape character to avoid next char if escaped

  Returns:

  list of chars until this is found.

• public boolean hadEscape()

  Reports whether the last string scan encountered an escape sequence.

  Returns:

  true when an escape was seen

• public boolean hasChar()

  Checks to see if there is a next character.

• public int location()

  This is mostly for debugging and testing.

• public int nextChar()

  returns the next character moving the file pointer or index to the next location.

• public char[] readNumber()

  Reads a number from the character source.

• public int safeNextChar()

  Combines the operations of nextChar and hasChar. Characters is -1 if not found which signifies end of file. This might be preferable to avoid two method calls.

• public void skipWhiteSpace()

  Skip white space.