com.sonar.sslr.impl.channel

Class BlackHoleChannel

java.lang.Object

com.sonar.sslr.impl.channel.BlackHoleChannel

public class BlackHoleChannel
extends 

Allows to skip characters, which match given regular expression.

Mostly this channel is used with regular expression "\s++" to remove all whitespace characters. And in such case this channel should be the first one in a sequence of channels for performance reasons, because generally whitespace characters are encountered more often than all other and especially between others.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BlackHoleChannel(java.lang.String regexp)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	consume(CodeReader code, Lexer lexer)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BlackHoleChannel

public BlackHoleChannel(java.lang.String regexp)

Method Detail

consume

public boolean consume(CodeReader code,
              Lexer lexer)