gmslLibrary.Services.Parser Class Reference

The class Parser analyses character strings in a known computer language, according to the rules of of that language. At the present time there are two language types processed by this class, "Basic" and the set of contemporary OOP languages referred to here simply as "Java". More...

Static Public Member Functions
static string	GetToken (ref LexemeType tokenType)
	The GetToken method gets the next token, lexeme, from the current statement. More...
static int	ResetInput ()
	The ResetInput method resets the starting position of the next token to the starting position of the current token. The presence of this method allows for one token look-ahead which is the primary capability needed to parse phrase-structured languages. More...
static void	SetInput (int icol)
	The SetInput method sets the starting positions of the current and next token to a specified value. More...
static void	SetStatement (string record)
	The SetStatement method sets the content of the global communications buffer which contains the current input to the parser. More...
static void	SetReserved (Dialects dialect)

Detailed Description

The class Parser analyses character strings in a known computer language, according to the rules of of that language. At the present time there are two language types processed by this class, "Basic" and the set of contemporary OOP languages referred to here simply as "Java".

Member Function Documentation

GetToken()

static string gmslLibrary.Services.Parser.GetToken ( ref LexemeType  tokenType )

static

The GetToken method gets the next token, lexeme, from the current statement.

Parameters

tokenType

The tokenType parameter returns the Lexeme type of the token.

Returns

The method returns the actual lexeme value of the token.

ResetInput()

static int gmslLibrary.Services.Parser.ResetInput ( )

static

The ResetInput method resets the starting position of the next token to the starting position of the current token. The presence of this method allows for one token look-ahead which is the primary capability needed to parse phrase-structured languages.

Returns

The method returns the new starting position.

SetInput()

static void gmslLibrary.Services.Parser.SetInput ( int  icol )

static

The SetInput method sets the starting positions of the current and next token to a specified value.

Parameters

icol	specifies the starting position for the current and next input token.

SetStatement()

static void gmslLibrary.Services.Parser.SetStatement ( string  record )

static

The SetStatement method sets the content of the global communications buffer which contains the current input to the parser.

Parameters

record

contains the string record to be parsed.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• C:/gmProducts/gmStudio_dev/src/gmslAPI/gmslLibrary/Parser.cs