JUCE/modules/juce_gui_extra/code_editor/juce_CodeTokeniser.h

/*
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*/

#ifndef JUCE_CODETOKENISER_H_INCLUDED
#define JUCE_CODETOKENISER_H_INCLUDED


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

    @see CodeDocument, CodeEditorComponent
*/
class JUCE_API  CodeTokeniser
{
public:
    CodeTokeniser()                 {}
    virtual ~CodeTokeniser()        {}

    //==============================================================================
    /** 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)
};


#endif   // JUCE_CODETOKENISER_H_INCLUDED