Package quickparse.grammar.symbol

Class ConstructSymbol

java.lang.Object

quickparse.grammar.symbol.Symbol

quickparse.grammar.symbol.ConstructSymbol

public class ConstructSymbol
extends Symbol

Defines the symbol used in grammars to represent a syntactical construct.

For example, given the grammatical rule

A -> '(' B ')'

A and B are syntactical constructs that can be represented by this class.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class quickparse.grammar.symbol.Symbol

Symbol.ConstructAction, Symbol.ConstructFunction<R,C>, Symbol.Function<R,C>, Symbol.TokenAction, Symbol.TokenFunction<R,C>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<R, C> R	accept(C context, Symbol.Function<R,C> symbolFunction)	Solves the subclass of this symbol (ConstructSymbol or TokenSymbol and computes the given Symbol.Function
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
static ConstructSymbol	get(java.lang.String symbol)	Gets a new ConstructSymbol instance for the given string. This method uses the Flyweight design pattern by GoF to cache already created instances.
java.lang.String	getName()	The name of the symbol
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class quickparse.grammar.symbol.Symbol

ifConstruct, ifConstruct, ifToken, ifToken

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

get

public static ConstructSymbol get(java.lang.String symbol)

Gets a new ConstructSymbol instance for the given string.
This method uses the Flyweight design pattern by GoF to cache already created instances.

Parameters:

symbol - the symbol to wrap into the ConstructSymbol instance

Returns:

a ConstructSymbol instance

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from class: Symbol

The name of the symbol

Specified by:

getName in class Symbol

Returns:

the name of this symbol as a String

accept

public <R, C> R accept(C context, Symbol.Function<R,C> symbolFunction)

Description copied from class: Symbol

Solves the subclass of this symbol (ConstructSymbol or TokenSymbol and computes the given Symbol.Function

Specified by:

accept in class Symbol

Type Parameters:

R - the return type of the function

C - the context type for the function

Parameters:

context - the context used for computation

symbolFunction - the function that must be computed on this symbol

Returns:

the return value returned by computing the Symbol.Function

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object