PerCederberg.Grammatica.Runtime
Class TokenMatch

System.Object
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internal class TokenMatch

extends System.Object

The token match status. This class contains logic to ensure that only the longest match is considered. It also prefers lower token pattern identifiers if two matches have the same length.

Since:

1.5

Length

public int Length;

The length of the longest match found (read-only).

Pattern

public TokenPattern Pattern;

The token pattern for the longest match found (read-only).

Clear

public void Clear();

Clears the current match information.

Update

public void Update( int length, TokenPattern pattern );

Updates this match with new values. The new values will only be considered if the length is longer than any previous match found.

Parameters:

length - the matched length

pattern - the matched pattern