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JLEX(1) General Commands Manual JLEX(1)

NAME

jlex - lexical analyser generator for Java(tm)

SYNOPSIS

jlex specfile

DESCRIPTION

JLex takes the language specification in specfile and generates Java(tm) source code for a lexical analyser corresponding to the specification.

The lexical analyzer source code is placed in a file whose name is the name of the JLex specification file, with the string ".java" added to the end. For example, if the JLex specification file is called foo.lex, the lexical analyzer source code file that JLex produces will be called foo.lex.java.)

The resulting lexical analyzer source code should be compiled with a Java compiler. This produces a lexical analyzer class file, which can then be used in your application. If the default settings have not been changed, the lexical analyzer class will be called Yylex and the class files will named Yylex.class and Yytoken.class.

For more information, see the JLex manual in /usr/share/doc/jlex/manual.html.

SEE ALSO

/usr/share/doc/jlex/manual.html, /usr/share/doc/jlex/bugs.html, /usr/share/doc/jlex/README.

DIAGNOSTICS

jlex produces diagnostic output to inform you of its progress.

BUGS

See /usr/share/doc/jlex/bugs.html for information about known bugs in JLex.

Please report bugs in the Debian version of JLex to the Debian bug tracking system in the first instance. Otherwise, please contact A. Appel <appel@princeton.edu>.

AUTHOR

JLex was written by Elliot Joel Berk at Princeton University. It is now maintained by C. Scott Ananian.

This manual page was written by Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>, modified by Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, and is hereby contributed to the Public Domain.

Please see the file /usr/share/doc/jlex/copyright for more information.

TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

"Java" is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
6 Aug 2001