Contents 1 Character Matcher 1.1 Syntax 1.2 Class 1.3 Children 1.4 Attributes 2 Character Class Matcher 2.1 Syntax 2.2 Class 2.3 Children 2.4 Attributes 3 Digit Matcher 3.1 Syntax 3.2 Class 3.3 Children 3.4 Attributes 4 Hex Matcher 4.1 Syntax 4.2 Class 4.3 Children 4.4 Attributes 5 Letter Matcher 5.1 Syntax 5.2 Class 5.3 Children 5.4 Attributes 6 Letter or Digit Matcher 6.1 Syntax 6.2 Class 6.3 Children 6.4 Attributes 7 Lowercase Letter Matcher 7.1 Syntax 7.2 Class 7.3 Children 7.4 Attributes 8 Uppercase Letter Matcher 8.1 Syntax 8.2 Class 8.3 Children 8.4 Attributes 9 Whitespace Matcher 9.1 Syntax 9.2 Class 9.3 Children 9.4 Attributes 10 Word Matcher 10.1 Syntax 10.2 Class 10.3 Children 10.4 Attributes

Character Matcher

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The character matcher matches a single character. The character to match is defined by the matcher's text content. Only the first letter of that content is used when performing the match.

Syntax

<character>a</character>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.CharacterMatcher

Children

<use/>

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match its character. True will match the character and false will match anything except its character.	boolean	true	no

Character Class Matcher

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The character class matcher matches one of a set of characters. The character set to match against is defined by the matcher's text content.

Syntax

<character-class>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</character-class>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.CharacterClassMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match its characters. True will match any character in its set and false will match anything except its characters.	boolean	true	no

Digit Matcher

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The digit matcher matches a single digit character. This matcher will return true for all values that return true in the Character.isDigit method.

Syntax

<digit/>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.DigitMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match digit character. True will match digits and false will match anything except digits.	boolean	true	no

Hex Matcher

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The hex matcher matches a single hexadecimal character. This matcher will return true for any of the following letters: abcdef ABCDEF 0123456789.

Syntax

<hex/>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.HexMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match hexadecimal characters. True will match hex digits and false will match anything except hex digits.	boolean	true	no

Letter Matcher

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The letter matcher matches a single letter. This matcher will return true for all values that return true in the Character.isLetter method.

Syntax

<letter/>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.LetterMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match letters. True will match letters and false will match anything except letters.	boolean	true	no

Letter or Digit Matcher

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The letter-or-digit matcher matches a single letter or digit. This matcher will return true for all values that return true in the Character.isLetter or the Character.isDigit method. This character class is commonly used as the first character of an identifier in many programming languages.

Syntax

<letter-or-digit/>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.LetterOrDigitMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match letters and digits. True will match letters and digits and false will match anything except letters and digits.	boolean	true	no

Lowercase Letter Matcher

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The lowercase letter matcher matches a single lowercase letter. This matcher will return true for all values that return true in the Character.isLowerCase method.

Syntax

<lowercase-letter/>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.LowercaseLetterMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match letters. True will match letters and false will match anything except letters.	boolean	true	no

Uppercase Letter Matcher

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The uppercase letter matcher matches a single uppercase letter. This matcher will return true for all values that return true in the Character.isUpperCase method.

Syntax

<uppercase-letter/>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.UppercaseLetterMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match letters. True will match letters and false will match anything except letters.	boolean	true	no

Whitespace Matcher

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The whitespace matcher matches a single whitespace character. This matcher will return true for all values that return true in the Character.isWhitespace method.

Syntax

<whitespace/>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.WhitespaceMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match whitespace..	boolean	true	no

Word Matcher

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The word matcher matches a single letter, digit, or underscore. This matcher will return true for all values that return true in the Character.isLetter or the Character.isDigit method or if the character is an underscore. This character class is commonly used as the character following the first character of an identifier in many programming languages.

Syntax

<word/>

Class

com.aptana.ide.lexer.matcher.WordMatcher

Children

none

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
negate	Determines if the matcher should or should not match letters and digits and underscores. True will match letters and digits and underscores and false will match anything except letters and digits and underscores.	boolean	true	no