io.parsingdata.metal.token

Class Nod

java.lang.Object

io.parsingdata.metal.token.Token

io.parsingdata.metal.token.Nod

public class Nod
extends Token

A Token that specifies an amount of data to skip in the input.

This tokens specifies a size (a ValueExpression) just like Def and evaluates this in the same way (failing when not a single value results). Unlike with Def, the data is not read but skipped in the input.

See Also:

Def, ValueExpression

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
ValueExpression	size

Fields inherited from class io.parsingdata.metal.token.Token

encoding, name, NO_NAME, SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Nod(String name, ValueExpression size, Encoding encoding)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected ParseResult	parseImpl(String scope, Environment environment, Encoding encoding)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class io.parsingdata.metal.token.Token

getCanonical, isLocal, makeNameFragment, parse, parse

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

size

public final ValueExpression size

Constructor Detail

Nod

public Nod(String name,
           ValueExpression size,
           Encoding encoding)

Method Detail

parseImpl

protected ParseResult parseImpl(String scope,
                                Environment environment,
                                Encoding encoding)
                         throws IOException

Specified by:

parseImpl in class Token

Throws:

IOException

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object