Package org.eclipse.jface.text.rules

Class MultiLineRule

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.PatternRule

org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.MultiLineRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPredicateRule, IRule

public class MultiLineRule
extends PatternRule

A rule for detecting patterns which begin with a given sequence and may end with a given sequence thereby spanning multiple lines.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.PatternRule

fBreaksOnEOF, fBreaksOnEOL, fColumn, fEndSequence, fEscapeCharacter, fEscapeContinuesLine, fStartSequence, fToken, UNDEFINED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MultiLineRule(String startSequence, String endSequence, IToken token)	Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence which, if detected, will return the specified token.
MultiLineRule(String startSequence, String endSequence, IToken token, char escapeCharacter)	Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence which, if detected, will return the specific token.
MultiLineRule(String startSequence, String endSequence, IToken token, char escapeCharacter, boolean breaksOnEOF)	Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence which, if detected, will return the specific token.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.text.rules.PatternRule

doEvaluate, doEvaluate, endSequenceDetected, evaluate, evaluate, getSuccessToken, sequenceDetected, setColumnConstraint

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MultiLineRule

public MultiLineRule(String startSequence,
 String endSequence,
 IToken token)

Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence which, if detected, will return the specified token.

Parameters:

startSequence - the pattern's start sequence

endSequence - the pattern's end sequence

token - the token to be returned on success

MultiLineRule

public MultiLineRule(String startSequence,
 String endSequence,
 IToken token,
 char escapeCharacter)

Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence which, if detected, will return the specific token. Any character which follows the given escape character will be ignored.

Parameters:

startSequence - the pattern's start sequence

endSequence - the pattern's end sequence

token - the token to be returned on success

escapeCharacter - the escape character

MultiLineRule

public MultiLineRule(String startSequence,
 String endSequence,
 IToken token,
 char escapeCharacter,
 boolean breaksOnEOF)

Creates a rule for the given starting and ending sequence which, if detected, will return the specific token. Any character that follows the given escape character will be ignored. breakOnEOF indicates whether EOF is equivalent to detecting the endSequence.

Parameters:

startSequence - the pattern's start sequence

endSequence - the pattern's end sequence

token - the token to be returned on success

escapeCharacter - the escape character

breaksOnEOF - indicates whether the end of the file terminates this rule successfully

Since:

2.1