Class Emitter

java.lang.Object

jflex.generator.Emitter

public final class Emitter
extends Object

This class manages the actual code generation, putting the scanner together, filling in skeleton sections etc.

Table compression, String packing etc. is also done here.

Version:

JFlex 1.9.1

Author:

Gerwin Klein

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	emit()	Main Emitter method.
static File	normalize(String name, File input)	Constructs a file in Options.getDir() or in the same directory as another file.
static String	sourceFileString(File file)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

normalize

public static File normalize(String name,
 File input)

Constructs a file in Options.getDir() or in the same directory as another file. Makes a backup if the file already exists.

Parameters:

name - the name (without path) of the file

input - fall back location if path = null (expected to be a file in the directory to write to)

Returns:

The constructed File

sourceFileString

public static String sourceFileString(File file)

emit

public void emit()

Main Emitter method.