Package org.petitparser.parser.repeating

Class GreedyRepeatingParser

java.lang.Object

org.petitparser.parser.Parser

org.petitparser.parser.combinators.DelegateParser

org.petitparser.parser.repeating.RepeatingParser

org.petitparser.parser.repeating.LimitedRepeatingParser

org.petitparser.parser.repeating.GreedyRepeatingParser

public class GreedyRepeatingParser
extends LimitedRepeatingParser

A greedy repeating parser, commonly seen in regular expression implementations. It aggressively consumes as much input as possible and then backtracks to meet the 'limit' condition.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.petitparser.parser.combinators.DelegateParser

delegate

Fields inherited from class org.petitparser.parser.repeating.LimitedRepeatingParser

limit

Fields inherited from class org.petitparser.parser.repeating.RepeatingParser

max, min, UNBOUNDED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GreedyRepeatingParser(Parser delegate, Parser limit, int min, int max)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
GreedyRepeatingParser	copy()	Returns a shallow copy of the receiver.
Result	parseOn(Context context)	Primitive method doing the actual parsing.

Methods inherited from class org.petitparser.parser.repeating.LimitedRepeatingParser

getChildren, replace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from class org.petitparser.parser.Parser

accept, and, callCC, delimitedBy, end, end, flatten, hasEqualChildren, isEqualTo, isEqualTo, map, matches, matchesSkipping, neg, neg, not, not, optional, optional, or, parse, permute, pick, plus, plusGreedy, plusLazy, repeat, repeatGreedy, repeatLazy, separatedBy, seq, settable, star, starGreedy, starLazy, times, token, trim, trim, trim

Methods inherited from class org.petitparser.parser.repeating.RepeatingParser

hasEqualProperties, toString

Constructor Detail

GreedyRepeatingParser

public GreedyRepeatingParser(Parser delegate,
                             Parser limit,
                             int min,
                             int max)

Method Detail

parseOn

public Result parseOn(Context context)

Description copied from class: Parser

Primitive method doing the actual parsing.

Overrides:

parseOn in class DelegateParser

copy

public GreedyRepeatingParser copy()

Description copied from class: Parser

Returns a shallow copy of the receiver.

Overrides:

copy in class DelegateParser