SyntaxHighlighter (PMD UI Applications 6.7.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApexSyntaxHighlighter, JavaSyntaxHighlighter, SimpleRegexSyntaxHighlighter, XmlSyntaxHighlighter, XPathSyntaxHighlighter
```
public interface SyntaxHighlighter
```
Language-specific engine for syntax highlighting.

Since:

6.0.0

Author:

Clément Fournier

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`org.fxmisc.richtext.model.StyleSpans<java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>>`	`computeHighlighting(java.lang.String text)`	Computes the syntax highlighting on the given text.
`java.lang.String`	`getLanguageTerseName()`	Gets the terse name of the language this highlighter cares for.

- Method Detail
  - getLanguageTerseName
```
java.lang.String getLanguageTerseName()
```
    Gets the terse name of the language this highlighter cares for. That's used as a css class for text regions.
    
    Returns:
    
    The terse name of the language
  - computeHighlighting
```
org.fxmisc.richtext.model.StyleSpans<java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>> computeHighlighting(java.lang.String text)
```
    Computes the syntax highlighting on the given text. The returned spans are exactly the length of the given text.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The text
    
    Returns:
    
    The computed style spans