JUCE/modules/juce_gui_extra/code_editor/juce_CodeTokeniser.h

/*
  ==============================================================================

   This file is part of the JUCE 6 technical preview.
   Copyright (c) 2020 - Raw Material Software Limited

   You may use this code under the terms of the GPL v3
   (see www.gnu.org/licenses).

   For this technical preview, this file is not subject to commercial licensing.

   JUCE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER
   EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, ARE
   DISCLAIMED.

  ==============================================================================
*/

namespace juce
{

//==============================================================================
/**
    A base class for tokenising code so that the syntax can be displayed in a
    code editor.

    @see CodeDocument, CodeEditorComponent

    @tags{GUI}
*/
class JUCE_API  CodeTokeniser
{
public:
    CodeTokeniser() = default;
    virtual ~CodeTokeniser() = default;

    //==============================================================================
    /** Reads the next token from the source and returns its token type.

        This must leave the source pointing to the first character in the
        next token.
    */
    virtual int readNextToken (CodeDocument::Iterator& source) = 0;

    /** Returns a suggested syntax highlighting colour scheme. */
    virtual CodeEditorComponent::ColourScheme getDefaultColourScheme() = 0;

private:
    JUCE_LEAK_DETECTOR (CodeTokeniser)
};

} // namespace juce