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/* StreamTokenizer.java -- parses streams of characters into tokens
   Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003  Free Software Foundation

This file is part of GNU Classpath.

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package java.io;

/**
 * This class parses streams of characters into tokens.  There are a
 * million-zillion flags that can be set to control the parsing, as 
 * described under the various method headings.
 *
 * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
 * @date October 25, 1998.  
 */
/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
 * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
 * plus online API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
 * Status:  Believed complete and correct.
 */
 
public class StreamTokenizer
{
  /** A constant indicating that the end of the stream has been read. */
  public static final int TT_EOF = -1;

  /** A constant indicating that the end of the line has been read. */
  public static final int TT_EOL = '\n';

  /** A constant indicating that a number token has been read. */
  public static final int TT_NUMBER = -2;

  /** A constant indicating that a word token has been read. */
  public static final int TT_WORD = -3;

  /** A constant indicating that no tokens have been read yet. */
  private static final int TT_NONE = -4;

  /**
   * Contains the type of the token read resulting from a call to nextToken
   * The rules are as follows:
   * <ul>
   * <li>For a token consisting of a single ordinary character, this is the 
   *     value of that character.</li>
   * <li>For a quoted string, this is the value of the quote character</li>
   * <li>For a word, this is TT_WORD</li>
   * <li>For a number, this is TT_NUMBER</li>
   * <li>For the end of the line, this is TT_EOL</li>
   * <li>For the end of the stream, this is TT_EOF</li>
   * </ul>
   */
  public int ttype = TT_NONE;

  /** The String associated with word and string tokens. */
  public String sval;

  /** The numeric value associated with number tokens. */
  public double nval;

  /* Indicates whether end-of-line is recognized as a token. */
  private boolean eolSignificant = false;

  /* Indicates whether word tokens are automatically made lower case. */
  private boolean lowerCase = false;

  /* Indicates whether C++ style comments are recognized and skipped. */
  private boolean slashSlash = false;

  /* Indicates whether C style comments are recognized and skipped. */
  private boolean slashStar = false;

  /* Attribute tables of each byte from 0x00 to 0xFF. */
  private boolean[] whitespace = new boolean[256];
  private boolean[] alphabetic = new boolean[256];
  private boolean[] numeric = new boolean[256];
  private boolean[] quote = new boolean[256];
  private boolean[] comment = new boolean[256];

  /* The Reader associated with this class. */
  private PushbackReader in;

  /* Indicates if a token has been pushed back. */
  private boolean pushedBack = false;

  /* Contains the current line number of the reader. */
  private int lineNumber = 1;

  /**
   * This method reads bytes from an <code>InputStream</code> and tokenizes
   * them.  For details on how this method operates by default, see
   * <code>StreamTokenizer(Reader)</code>.
   *
   * @param is The <code>InputStream</code> to read from
   *
   * @deprecated Since JDK 1.1.
   */
  public StreamTokenizer(InputStream is)
  {
    this(new InputStreamReader(is));
  }

  /**
   * This method initializes a new <code>StreamTokenizer</code> to read 
   * characters from a <code>Reader</code> and parse them.  The char values
   * have their hight bits masked so that the value is treated a character
   * in the range of 0x0000 to 0x00FF.
   * <p>
   * This constructor sets up the parsing table to parse the stream in the
   * following manner:
   * <ul>
   * <li>The values 'A' through 'Z', 'a' through 'z' and 0xA0 through 0xFF
   *     are initialized as alphabetic</li>
   * <li>The values 0x00 through 0x20 are initialized as whitespace</li>
   * <li>The values '\'' and '"' are initialized as quote characters</li>
   * <li>'/' is a comment character</li>
   * <li>Numbers will be parsed</li>
   * <li>EOL is not treated as significant</li>
   * <li>C  and C++ (//) comments are not recognized</li>
   * </ul>
   *
   * @param r The <code>Reader</code> to read chars from
   */
  public StreamTokenizer(Reader r)
  {
    in = new PushbackReader(r);

    whitespaceChars(0x00, 0x20);
    wordChars('A', 'Z');
    wordChars('a', 'z');
    wordChars(0xA0, 0xFF);
    commentChar('/');
    quoteChar('\'');
    quoteChar('"');
    parseNumbers();
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the comment attribute on the specified
   * character.  Other attributes for the character are cleared.
   *
   * @param ch The character to set the comment attribute for, passed as an int
   */
  public void commentChar(int ch)
  {
    if (ch >= 0 && ch <= 255)
      {
	comment[ch] = true;
	whitespace[ch] = false;
	alphabetic[ch] = false;
	numeric[ch] = false;
	quote[ch] = false;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method sets a flag that indicates whether or not the end of line
   * sequence terminates and is a token.  The defaults to <code>false</code>
   *
   * @param flag <code>true</code> if EOF is significant, <code>false</code>
   *             otherwise
   */
  public void eolIsSignificant(boolean flag)
  {
    eolSignificant = flag;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the current line number.  Note that if the 
   * <code>pushBack()</code> method is called, it has no effect on the
   * line number returned by this method.
   *
   * @return The current line number
   */
  public int lineno()
  {
    return lineNumber;
  }

  /**
   * This method sets a flag that indicates whether or not alphabetic
   * tokens that are returned should be converted to lower case.
   * 
   * @param flag <code>true</code> to convert to lower case,
   *             <code>false</code> otherwise
   */
  public void lowerCaseMode(boolean flag)
  {
    lowerCase = flag;
  }

  private boolean isWhitespace(int ch)
  {
    return (ch >= 0 && ch <= 255 && whitespace[ch]);
  }

  private boolean isAlphabetic(int ch)
  {
    return ((ch > 255) || (ch >= 0 && alphabetic[ch]));
  }

  private boolean isNumeric(int ch)
  {
    return (ch >= 0 && ch <= 255 && numeric[ch]);
  }

  private boolean isQuote(int ch)
  {
    return (ch >= 0 && ch <= 255 && quote[ch]);
  }

  private boolean isComment(int ch)
  {
    return (ch >= 0 && ch <= 255 && comment[ch]);
  }

  /**
   * This method reads the next token from the stream.  It sets the 
   * <code>ttype</code> variable to the appropriate token type and 
   * returns it.  It also can set <code>sval</code> or <code>nval</code>
   * as described below.  The parsing strategy is as follows:
   * <ul>
   * <li>Skip any whitespace characters.</li>
   * <li>If a numeric character is encountered, attempt to parse a numeric
   * value.  Leading '-' characters indicate a numeric only if followed by
   * another non-'-' numeric.  The value of the numeric token is terminated
   * by either the first non-numeric encountered, or the second occurrence of
   * '-' or '.'.  The token type returned is TT_NUMBER and <code>nval</code>
   * is set to the value parsed.</li>
   * <li>If an alphabetic character is parsed, all subsequent characters
   * are read until the first non-alphabetic or non-numeric character is
   * encountered.  The token type returned is TT_WORD and the value parsed
   * is stored in <code>sval</code>.  If lower case mode is set, the token
   * stored in <code>sval</code> is converted to lower case.  The end of line
   * sequence terminates a word only if EOL signficance has been turned on.
   * The start of a comment also terminates a word.  Any character with a 
   * non-alphabetic and non-numeric attribute (such as white space, a quote,
   * or a commet) are treated as non-alphabetic and terminate the word.</li>
   * <li>If a comment character is parsed, then all remaining characters on
   * the current line are skipped and another token is parsed.  Any EOL or
   * EOF's encountered are not discarded, but rather terminate the comment.</li>
   * <li>If a quote character is parsed, then all characters up to the 
   * second occurrence of the same quote character are parsed into a
   * <code>String</code>.  This <code>String</code> is stored as
   * <code>sval</code>, but is not converted to lower case, even if lower case
   * mode is enabled.  The token type returned is the value of the quote
   * character encountered.  Any escape sequences
   * (\b (backspace), \t (HTAB), \n (linefeed), \f (form feed), \r
   * (carriage return), \" (double quote), \' (single quote), \\
   * (backslash), \XXX (octal esacpe)) are converted to the appropriate
   * char values.  Invalid esacape sequences are left in untranslated.  
   * Unicode characters like ('\ u0000') are not recognized. </li>
   * <li>If the C++ comment sequence "//" is encountered, and the parser
   * is configured to handle that sequence, then the remainder of the line
   * is skipped and another token is read exactly as if a character with
   * the comment attribute was encountered.</li>
   * <li>If the C comment sequence "/*" is encountered, and the parser
   * is configured to handle that sequence, then all characters up to and
   * including the comment terminator sequence are discarded and another
   * token is parsed.</li>
   * <li>If all cases above are not met, then the character is an ordinary
   * character that is parsed as a token by itself.  The char encountered
   * is returned as the token type.</li>
   * </ul>
   *
   * @return The token type
   * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
   */
  public int nextToken() throws IOException
  {
    if (pushedBack)
      {
	pushedBack = false;
	if (ttype != TT_NONE)
	  return ttype;
      }

    sval = null;
    int ch;

    // Skip whitespace.  Deal with EOL along the way.
    while (isWhitespace(ch = in.read()))
      if (ch == '\n' || ch == '\r')
	{
	  lineNumber++;

	  // Throw away \n if in combination with \r.
	  if (ch == '\r' && (ch = in.read()) != '\n')
	    {
	      if (ch != TT_EOF)
		in.unread(ch);
	    }
	  if (eolSignificant)
	    return (ttype = TT_EOL);
	}

    if (ch == '/')
      if ((ch = in.read()) == '/' && slashSlash)
	{
	  while ((ch = in.read()) != '\n' && ch != '\r' && ch != TT_EOF)
	    ;
	  if (ch != TT_EOF)
	    in.unread(ch);
	  return nextToken(); // Recursive, but not too deep in normal cases
	}
      else if (ch == '*' && slashStar) 
	{
	  while (true)
	    {
	      ch = in.read();
	      if (ch == '*')
		{
		  if ((ch = in.read()) == '/')
		    break;
		  else if (ch != TT_EOF)
		    in.unread(ch);
		}
	      else if (ch == '\n' || ch == '\r')
		{
		  lineNumber++;
		  if (ch == '\r' && (ch = in.read()) != '\n')
		    {
		      if (ch != TT_EOF)
			in.unread(ch);
		    }
		}
	      else if (ch == TT_EOF)
		{
		  break;
		}
	    }
	  return nextToken(); // Recursive, but not too deep in normal cases
	}
      else
	{
	  if (ch != TT_EOF)
	    in.unread(ch);
	  ch = '/';
	}

    if (ch == TT_EOF)
      ttype = TT_EOF;
    else if (isNumeric(ch))
      {
	boolean isNegative = false;
	if (ch == '-')
	  {
	    // Read ahead to see if this is an ordinary '-' rather than numeric.
	    ch = in.read();
	    if (isNumeric(ch) && ch != '-')
	      {
		isNegative = true;
	      }
	    else
	      {
		if (ch != TT_EOF)
		  in.unread(ch);
		return (ttype = '-');
	      }
	  }

	StringBuffer tokbuf = new StringBuffer();
	tokbuf.append((char) ch);

	int decCount = 0;
	while (isNumeric(ch = in.read()) && ch != '-')
	  if (ch == '.' && decCount++ > 0)
	    break;
	  else
	    tokbuf.append((char) ch);

	if (ch != TT_EOF)
	  in.unread(ch);
	ttype = TT_NUMBER;
	try
	  {
	    nval = Double.valueOf(tokbuf.toString()).doubleValue();
	  }
	catch (NumberFormatException _)
	  {
	    nval = 0.0;
	  }
	if (isNegative)
	  nval = -nval;
      }
    else if (isAlphabetic(ch))
      {
	StringBuffer tokbuf = new StringBuffer();
	tokbuf.append((char) ch);
	while (isAlphabetic(ch = in.read()) || isNumeric(ch))
	  tokbuf.append((char) ch);
	if (ch != TT_EOF)
	  in.unread(ch);
	ttype = TT_WORD;
	sval = tokbuf.toString();
	if (lowerCase)
	  sval = sval.toLowerCase();
      }
    else if (isComment(ch))
      {
	while ((ch = in.read()) != '\n' && ch != '\r' && ch != TT_EOF)
	  ;
	if (ch != TT_EOF)
	  in.unread(ch);
	return nextToken();	// Recursive, but not too deep in normal cases.
      }
    else if (isQuote(ch))
      {
	ttype = ch;
	StringBuffer tokbuf = new StringBuffer();
	while ((ch = in.read()) != ttype && ch != '\n' && ch != '\r' &&
	       ch != TT_EOF)
	  {
	    if (ch == '\\')
	      switch (ch = in.read())
		{
		  case 'a':	ch = 0x7;
		    break;
		  case 'b':	ch = '\b';
		    break;
		  case 'f':	ch = 0xC;
		    break;
		  case 'n':	ch = '\n';
		    break;
		  case 'r':	ch = '\r';
		    break;
		  case 't':	ch = '\t';
		    break;
		  case 'v':	ch = 0xB;
		    break;
		  case '\n':    ch = '\n';
		    break;
                  case '\r':    ch = '\r';
		    break;
		  case '\"':
		  case '\'':
		  case '\\':
		    break;
		  default:
		    int ch1, nextch;
		    if ((nextch = ch1 = ch) >= '0' && ch <= '7')
		      {
		        ch -= '0';
		        if ((nextch = in.read()) >= '0' && nextch <= '7')
			  {
			    ch = ch * 8 + nextch - '0';
			    if ((nextch = in.read()) >= '0' && nextch <= '7' &&
				ch1 >= '0' && ch1 <= '3')
			      {
				ch = ch * 8 + nextch - '0';
				nextch = in.read();
			      }
			  }
		      }

		    if (nextch != TT_EOF)
		      in.unread(nextch);
		}

	    tokbuf.append((char) ch);
	  }

	// Throw away matching quote char.
	if (ch != ttype && ch != TT_EOF)
	  in.unread(ch);

	sval = tokbuf.toString();
      }
    else
      {
	ttype = ch;
      }

    return ttype;
  }

  private void resetChar(int ch)
  {
    whitespace[ch] = alphabetic[ch] = numeric[ch] = quote[ch] = comment[ch] =
      false;
  }

  /**
   * This method makes the specified character an ordinary character.  This
   * means that none of the attributes (whitespace, alphabetic, numeric,
   * quote, or comment) will be set on this character.  This character will
   * parse as its own token.
   *
   * @param ch The character to make ordinary, passed as an int
   */
  public void ordinaryChar(int ch)
  {
    if (ch >= 0 && ch <= 255)
      resetChar(ch);
  }

  /**
   * This method makes all the characters in the specified range, range
   * terminators included, ordinary.  This means the none of the attributes
   * (whitespace, alphabetic, numeric, quote, or comment) will be set on
   * any of the characters in the range.  This makes each character in this
   * range parse as its own token.
   *
   * @param low The low end of the range of values to set the whitespace
   * attribute for
   * @param hi The high end of the range of values to set the whitespace
   * attribute for
   */
  public void ordinaryChars(int low, int hi)
  {
    if (low < 0)
      low = 0;
    if (hi > 255)
      hi = 255;
    for (int i = low; i <= hi; i++)
      resetChar(i);
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the numeric attribute on the characters '0' - '9' and
   * the characters '.' and '-'.
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   * (whitespace, quote, or comment) to the numeric characters may
   * vary depending on the implementation. For example, if
   * parseNumbers() and then whitespaceChars('1', '1') are called,
   * this implementation reads "121" as 2, while some other implementation
   * will read it as 21.
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   */
  public void parseNumbers()
  {
    for (int i = 0; i <= 9; i++)
      numeric['0' + i] = true;

    numeric['.'] = true;
    numeric['-'] = true;
  }

  /**
   * Puts the current token back into the StreamTokenizer so
   * <code>nextToken</code> will return the same value on the next call.
   * May cause the lineno method to return an incorrect value
   * if lineno is called before the next call to nextToken.
   */
  public void pushBack()
  {
    pushedBack = true;
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the quote attribute on the specified character.
   * Other attributes for the character are cleared.
   *
   * @param ch The character to set the quote attribute for, passed as an int.
   */
  public void quoteChar(int ch)
  {
    if (ch >= 0 && ch <= 255)
      {
	quote[ch] = true;
	comment[ch] = false;
	whitespace[ch] = false;
	alphabetic[ch] = false;
	numeric[ch] = false;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method removes all attributes (whitespace, alphabetic, numeric,
   * quote, and comment) from all characters.  It is equivalent to calling
   * <code>ordinaryChars(0x00, 0xFF)</code>.
   *
   * @see #ordinaryChars(int, int)
   */
  public void resetSyntax()
  {
    ordinaryChars(0x00, 0xFF);
  }

  /**
   * This method sets a flag that indicates whether or not "C++" language style
   * comments ("//" comments through EOL ) are handled by the parser.
   * If this is <code>true</code> commented out sequences are skipped and
   * ignored by the parser.  This defaults to <code>false</code>.
   *
   * @param flag <code>true</code> to recognized and handle "C++" style
   *             comments, <code>false</code> otherwise
   */
  public void slashSlashComments(boolean flag)
  {
    slashSlash = flag;
  }

  /**
   * This method sets a flag that indicates whether or not "C" language style
   * comments (with nesting not allowed) are handled by the parser.
   * If this is <code>true</code> commented out sequences are skipped and
   * ignored by the parser.  This defaults to <code>false</code>.
   *
   * @param flag <code>true</code> to recognized and handle "C" style comments,
   *             <code>false</code> otherwise
   */
  public void slashStarComments(boolean flag)
  {
    slashStar = flag;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the current token value as a <code>String</code> in
   * the form "Token[x], line n", where 'n' is the current line numbers and
   * 'x' is determined as follows.
   * <p>
   * <ul>
   * <li>If no token has been read, then 'x' is "NOTHING" and 'n' is 0</li>
   * <li>If <code>ttype</code> is TT_EOF, then 'x' is "EOF"</li>
   * <li>If <code>ttype</code> is TT_EOL, then 'x' is "EOL"</li>
   * <li>If <code>ttype</code> is TT_WORD, then 'x' is <code>sval</code></li>
   * <li>If <code>ttype</code> is TT_NUMBER, then 'x' is "n=strnval" where
   * 'strnval' is <code>String.valueOf(nval)</code>.</li>
   * <li>If <code>ttype</code> is a quote character, then 'x' is
   * <code>sval</code></li>
   * <li>For all other cases, 'x' is <code>ttype</code></li>
   * </ul>
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    String tempstr;
    if (ttype == TT_EOF)
      tempstr = "EOF";
    else if (ttype == TT_EOL)
      tempstr = "EOL";
    else if (ttype == TT_WORD)
      tempstr = sval;
    else if (ttype == TT_NUMBER)
      tempstr = "n=" + nval;
    else if (ttype == TT_NONE)
      tempstr = "NOTHING";
    else // must be an ordinary char.
      tempstr = "\'" + (char) ttype + "\'";

    return "Token[" + tempstr + "], line " + lineno();
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the whitespace attribute for all characters in the
   * specified range, range terminators included.
   *
   * @param low The low end of the range of values to set the whitespace
   * attribute for
   * @param hi The high end of the range of values to set the whitespace
   * attribute for
   */
  public void whitespaceChars(int low, int hi)
  {
    if (low < 0)
      low = 0;
    if (hi > 255)
      hi = 255;
    for (int i = low; i <= hi; i++)
      {
	resetChar(i);
	whitespace[i] = true;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the alphabetic attribute for all characters in the
   * specified range, range terminators included.
   *
   * @param low The low end of the range of values to set the alphabetic
   * attribute for
   * @param hi The high end of the range of values to set the alphabetic
   * attribute for
   */
  public void wordChars(int low, int hi)
  {
    if (low < 0)
      low = 0;
    if (hi > 255)
      hi = 255;
    for (int i = low; i <= hi; i++)
      alphabetic[i] = true;
  }
}