JFlex

Class 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.

Field Summary
static File	directory

Constructor Summary
	Emitter(File inputFile, LexParse parser, DFA dfa)

Method Summary
void	emit()
static File	normalize(String name, File path, File input) Constructs a file in a path or in the same directory as another file.
static URL	toURL(File file) Converts an abstract pathname into a `file:` URL.

Constructor Detail

Emitter

public Emitter(File inputFile, LexParse parser, DFA dfa)

Method Detail

normalize

public static File normalize(String name, File path, File input)

Constructs a file in a path 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 path the path where to construct the file input fallback location if path = null (expected to be a file in the directory to write to)

Converts an abstract pathname into a file: URL. The exact form of the URL is system-dependent. If it can be determined that the file denoted by this abstract pathname is a directory, then the resulting URL will end with a slash.