Syntax

The Syntax class represents one Syntax. This class has the following attributes:

• The Syntax.getName() method returns the name of the syntax (for example: "java" for the java syntax)
• The Syntax.getExtensions() method returns the file extensions for the syntax (for example "html" and "htm" for the "html" syntax)
• The Syntax.getMIMETypes() method returns the MIME type for the syntax (for example "text/html" for the "html" syntax)
• The Syntax.getSyntaxType() method returns the type of the syntax. See syntax type for more information
• The Syntax.getFormattingType() method returns the type of formatting for the syntax. See formatting type for more information

Syntax type

The Syntax.getSyntaxType() method returns the type of the syntax. The possible types are:

• The SyntaxType.TEXT is for text content (for example for text files)
• The SyntaxType.SHELL is for shell files (for example for bat files)
• The SyntaxType.CODE is for source code files (for example for Java files)
• The SyntaxType.MARKUP is for markup files (for example for XML files)

Formatting type

The Syntax.getFormattingType() method returns the type of the formatting. The possible formatting types are:

• The FormattingType.MANUAL is for manual formatting. It is the case for example for the "java" syntax
• The FormattingType.MARKUP is for markup formatting. It is the case for example for the "xml" syntax

By default the formatting is derived from the syntax type:

• SyntaxType.TEXT, SyntaxType.SHELL, and SyntaxType.CODE syntax types will have a FormattingType.MANUAL formatting
• SyntaxType.MARKUP syntax type will have a FormattingType.MARKUP formatting

Creating a TokenMarker

The Syntax.createTokenMarker() method creates a TokenMarker from the Syntax.