JavaCCLanguageDescriptionGenerator


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19  
20  package org.netbeans.modules.lexer.gen.javacc;
21  
22  import java.io.File  ;
23  import java.util.HashMap  ;
24  import java.util.List  ;
25  import org.netbeans.modules.lexer.gen.LanguageData;
26  import org.netbeans.modules.lexer.gen.TokenTypes;
27  import org.netbeans.spi.lexer.util.LexerUtilities;
28  
29  /**
30   * Generates initial skeleton of the xml file
31   * (describing the particular language) from the class
32   * (or interface) that contains integer constants.
33   * Such file is typically generated by the lexer
34   * generator tools.
35   * <BR>This tool is useful when the grammar file
36   * of the particular language already
37   * exists because it creates the  initial version
38   * of the language xml description that can be
39   * further customized.
40   *
41   * @author Miloslav Metelka
42   * @version 1.00
43   */
44  
45  public class JavaCCLanguageDescriptionGenerator {
46  
47      public String   generate(String   tokenTypesClassName) throws ClassNotFoundException   {
48          LanguageData data = new LanguageData();
49  
50          // Apply token types class info
51          Class   tokenTypesClass = Class.forName(tokenTypesClassName);
52          TokenTypes tokenTypes = new TokenTypes(tokenTypesClass);
53          data.registerTokenTypes(tokenTypes);
54  
55          return data.createDescription();
56      }
57      
58  }
59  
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