RuleString.java

/*
 * Copyright 2013 Michael Mackenzie High
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package com.mackenziehigh.snowflake;

/** 
 * An instance of this class represents a string-rule in a grammar.
 *
 * @author Michael Mackenzie High
 */
final class RuleString extends Rule
{
    /**
     * This character-array holds the characters in the string to match.
     */
    public char[] string;

    /**
     * Sole Constructor. 
     *
     * @param name is the name of the new rule.
     */
    public RuleString(final String name) { super(name, true); }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public TreeNode match(final State state)
    {
        final int start_position = state.begin(this);

        if(state.remaining() < string.length) { state.fail(this, start_position); return null; }

        for(int i = 0; i < string.length; i++)
        {
            if(state.next() != string[i]) { state.fail(this, start_position); return null; }
        }

        final TreeNode node = new TreeNode();
        
        node.initialize(this, state.input, start_position, string.length);
        
        state.succeed(this);
        
        return node;
    }

}