org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser
Class ParserImpl

java.lang.Object
  org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Parser

public final class ParserImpl
extends Object
implements Parser

 # The following YAML grammar is LL(1) and is parsed by a recursive descent
 parser.
 stream            ::= STREAM-START implicit_document? explicit_document* STREAM-END
 implicit_document ::= block_node DOCUMENT-END*
 explicit_document ::= DIRECTIVE* DOCUMENT-START block_node? DOCUMENT-END*
 block_node_or_indentless_sequence ::=
                       ALIAS
                       | properties (block_content | indentless_block_sequence)?
                       | block_content
                       | indentless_block_sequence
 block_node        ::= ALIAS
                       | properties block_content?
                       | block_content
 flow_node         ::= ALIAS
                       | properties flow_content?
                       | flow_content
 properties        ::= TAG ANCHOR? | ANCHOR TAG?
 block_content     ::= block_collection | flow_collection | SCALAR
 flow_content      ::= flow_collection | SCALAR
 block_collection  ::= block_sequence | block_mapping
 flow_collection   ::= flow_sequence | flow_mapping
 block_sequence    ::= BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START (BLOCK-ENTRY block_node?)* BLOCK-END
 indentless_sequence   ::= (BLOCK-ENTRY block_node?)+
 block_mapping     ::= BLOCK-MAPPING_START
                       ((KEY block_node_or_indentless_sequence?)?
                       (VALUE block_node_or_indentless_sequence?)?)*
                       BLOCK-END
 flow_sequence     ::= FLOW-SEQUENCE-START
                       (flow_sequence_entry FLOW-ENTRY)*
                       flow_sequence_entry?
                       FLOW-SEQUENCE-END
 flow_sequence_entry   ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)?
 flow_mapping      ::= FLOW-MAPPING-START
                       (flow_mapping_entry FLOW-ENTRY)*
                       flow_mapping_entry?
                       FLOW-MAPPING-END
 flow_mapping_entry    ::= flow_node | KEY flow_node? (VALUE flow_node?)?
 FIRST sets:
 stream: { STREAM-START }
 explicit_document: { DIRECTIVE DOCUMENT-START }
 implicit_document: FIRST(block_node)
 block_node: { ALIAS TAG ANCHOR SCALAR BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START BLOCK-MAPPING-START FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START }
 flow_node: { ALIAS ANCHOR TAG SCALAR FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START }
 block_content: { BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START BLOCK-MAPPING-START FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START SCALAR }
 flow_content: { FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START SCALAR }
 block_collection: { BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START BLOCK-MAPPING-START }
 flow_collection: { FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START }
 block_sequence: { BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START }
 block_mapping: { BLOCK-MAPPING-START }
 block_node_or_indentless_sequence: { ALIAS ANCHOR TAG SCALAR BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START BLOCK-MAPPING-START FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START BLOCK-ENTRY }
 indentless_sequence: { ENTRY }
 flow_collection: { FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START }
 flow_sequence: { FLOW-SEQUENCE-START }
 flow_mapping: { FLOW-MAPPING-START }
 flow_sequence_entry: { ALIAS ANCHOR TAG SCALAR FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START KEY }
 flow_mapping_entry: { ALIAS ANCHOR TAG SCALAR FLOW-SEQUENCE-START FLOW-MAPPING-START KEY }
 

Since writing a recursive-descendant parser is a straightforward task, we do not give many comments here.

See Also:

PyYAML for more information

Constructor Summary

ParserImpl(StreamReader reader)

Method Summary

boolean	checkEvent(Event.ID choices) Check the type of the next event.
Event	getEvent() Returns the next event.
Event	peekEvent() Return the next event, but do not delete it from the stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ParserImpl

public ParserImpl(StreamReader reader)

Method Detail

checkEvent

public boolean checkEvent(Event.ID choices)

Check the type of the next event.

Specified by:

checkEvent in interface Parser

Parameters:

choices - Event ID.

Returns:

true if the next event can be assigned to a variable of the given type. Returns false if no more events are available.

peekEvent

public Event peekEvent()

Description copied from interface: Parser

Return the next event, but do not delete it from the stream.

Specified by:

peekEvent in interface Parser

Returns:

The event that will be returned on the next call to Parser.getEvent()

getEvent

public Event getEvent()

Description copied from interface: Parser

Returns the next event.

The event will be removed from the stream.

Specified by:

getEvent in interface Parser