NAME
    Parsers::YYLexer

SYNOPSIS
    use Parseres::YYLexer;

    use Parsers::YYLexer qw(:all);

DESCRIPTION
    YYLexer class provides the following methods:

    new, GetYYLex, Next, Peek, SetupYYTabFile, StringifyYYLexer, YYLex

    Parsers::YYLexer class is derived from Parsers::Lexer base class, which
    provides all the underlying lexer functionality. YYLexer class is
    designed to be used with yyparse code generated by running byacc on a
    parsers defined using parser definition ParserName.yy file.

    *YYTabFile* containing mapping of token labels to integers must be
    explicitly specified by the caller. This file is processed during new
    method invocation and mapping of token labels to integers is loaded in a
    hash to be used later by YYLex method to return token number and text
    pairs to the parser.

  METHODS
    new
            $YYLexer = new Parsers::YYLexer($Input,  @YYLexerTokensSpec);

        Using specified *Input* and *YYLexerTokensSpec*, new method
        generates a new YYLexer and returns a reference to newly created
        YYLexer object.

        Examples:

            # Tokens specifications supplied by the caller. It's an array containing references
            # to arrays with each containing TokenLabel and TokenMatchRegex pair along with
            # an option reference to code to be executed after a matched.
            #
            @LexerTokensSpec = (
                [ 'LETTER', qr/[a-zA-Z]/ ],
                [ 'NUMBER', qr/\d+/ ],
                [ 'SPACE', qr/[ ]*/,
                    sub { my($This, $TokenLabel, $MatchedText) = @_; return ''; }
                ],
                [ 'NEWLINE', qr/(?:\r\n|\r|\n)/,
                    sub { my($This, $TokenLabel, $MatchedText) = @_;  return "\n"; }
                ],
                [ 'CHAR', qr/./ ]
            );

            # Input string...
            $InputText = 'y = 3 + 4';

            $YLexer = new Parsers::YYLexer($InputText,  @LexerTokensSpec);

            # Setup default token table file...
            $YYTabFile = "Parsers/SimpleCalcParser.tab.ph";
            $This->SetupYYTabFile($YYTabFile);

            # Process input stream...
            ($TokenNumber, $TokenText) = $YYLexer->Lex();
            print "TokenNumber: $TokenNumber; TokenText: $TokenText\n";

            # Input file...
            $InputFile = "Input.txt";
            open INPUTFILE, "$InputFile" or die "Couldn't open $InputFile: $!\n";
            $Lexer = new Parsers::YYLexer(\*INPUTFILE, @LexerTokensSpec);

            # Input file iterator...
            $InputFile = "TestSimpleCalcParser.txt";
            open INPUTFILE, "$InputFile" or die "Couldn't open $InputFile: $!\n";
            $InputIterator = sub { return <INPUTFILE>; };
            $Lexer = new Parsers::YYLexer($InputIterator, @LexerTokensSpec);

            # Usage with code generated by byacc from a parser definition
            # file SimpleCalcParser.yy...

            $InputText = "3 + 4 +6\nx=3\ny=5\nx+y\nx+z\n";

            $YYLexer = new Parsers::YYLexer($InputText,@LexerTokensSpec);

            $YYLex = $YYLexer->GetYYLex();

            $YYTabFile = "Parsers/SimpleCalcParser.tab.ph";
            $YYLexer->SetupYYTabFile($YYTabFile);

            $Debug = 0;
            $SimpleCalcParser = new Parsers::SimpleCalcParser($YYLex,
                                    \&Parsers::SimpleCalcParser::yyerror, $Debug);

            $Value = $SimpleCalcParser->yyparse();
            print "Value = " . (defined($Value) ? "$Value" : "Undefined") . "\n";

    GetYYLex
            $YYLex = $YYLexer->GetYYLex();

        Returns a curried verson of YYLexer as YYLex: yyparse in parser
        generated by byacc expects it to call without passing any argument
        for the *YYLexer* object.

    Next
            ($TokenNumber, $TokenText) = $YYLexer->Next();

        Returns next available TokenNumber and any matched TokenText from
        input stream by removing it from the input stream. Token number and
        text of zero corresponds to end of input (EOI).

    Peek
            ($TokenNumber, $TokenText) = $YYLexer->Peek();

        Returns next available TokenNumber and any matched TokenText from
        input stream by simply looking ahead and without removing it from
        the input stream. Token number and text of zero corresponds to end
        of input (EOI).

    SetupYYTabFile
            $YYLexer = $YYLexer->SetupYYTabFile($YYTabFile);

        Processes token labels to integers data map in specified *YYTabFile*
        and returns *YYLexer*.

        Notes:

            . YYTabFile must be a complete path or available through @INC path in the
              same directory where this package is located.
            . Name of YYTabFile might start with any valid sub directory name in @INC
              For example, "Parsers/<YYTablFile>" implies the tab file in parsers sub
              directory under MayaChemTools lib directory as it would be already in @INC
              path.
            . YYTabFile must be explicitly set by the caller. The default YYTabFile name,
              y.tab.ph, generated by byacc is not used implicitly to avoid confusion
              among multiple distinct instances of YYLexer.
            . YYTabFile is generated by byacc during its usage with -d options and
              contains mapping of token codes to token names/labels. YYLexer used this
              file to map token labels to token codes before returning token code and
              value pair back to yyparse function used by byacc.
            . User defined token numbers start from 257
            . Token number for any user defined token EOI is mapped to its value before
              default token number of 0 for EOI.

            The format of YYTabFile generated by byacc during generation of parser code in
            Perl code is:

            ... ...
            $NUMBER=257;
            $ADDOP=258;
            $SUBOP=259;
            ... ..

    YYLex
            ($TokenNumber, $TokenText) = $YYLexer->YYLex();
            ($TokenNumber, $TokenText) = $YYLexer->YYLex($Mode);

        Returns available TokenNumber and any matched TokenText from input
        stream by either removing it from the input stream or by simply
        looking ahead and without removing it from the input stream. Token
        number and text of zero corresponds to end of input (EOI).

        Possible *Mode* values: *Peek, Next*. Default: *Next*.

        *YYLex* is designed to be used with yyparse code generated by
        running byacc on a parsers defined using parser definition
        ParserName.yy file.

        Notes:

            . Token label and value pairs returned by Lexer from by base class, which
               can't be mapped to token labels specified in YYTabFile are ignored.
            . Token text of length 1 returned by Lexer from base class without a
               corresponding explicit token label, which can't be mapped to a token
               number using Perl ord function, is ignored.

    StringifyYYLexer
            $YYLexerString = $YYLexer->StringifyYYLexer();

        Returns a string containing information about *YYLexer* object.

AUTHOR
    Manish Sud <msud@san.rr.com>

SEE ALSO
    Lexer.pm, SimpleCalcYYLexer.pm, SimpleCalcParser.yy

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2015 Manish Sud. All rights reserved.

    This file is part of MayaChemTools.

    MayaChemTools is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
    your option) any later version.

