Class Lexer

java.lang.Object
org.htmlparser.lexer.Lexer
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, NodeFactory

public class Lexer extends Object implements Serializable, NodeFactory
This class parses the HTML stream into nodes. There are three major types of nodes (lexemes):
  • Remark
  • Text
  • Tag
Each time nextNode() is called, another node is returned until the stream is exhausted, and null is returned.
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  • Field Details

    • VERSION_NUMBER

      public static final double VERSION_NUMBER
      The floating point version number (1.6).
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    • VERSION_TYPE

      public static final String VERSION_TYPE
      The type of version ("Release Build").
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    • VERSION_DATE

      public static final String VERSION_DATE
      The date of the version ("Jun 10, 2006").
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    • VERSION_STRING

      public static final String VERSION_STRING
      The display version ("1.6 (Release Build Jun 10, 2006)").
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    • STRICT_REMARKS

      public static boolean STRICT_REMARKS
      Process remarks strictly flag. If true, remarks are not terminated by ---$gt; or --!$gt;, i.e. more than two dashes. If false, a more lax (and closer to typical browser handling) remark parsing is used. Default true.
    • mPage

      protected Page mPage
      The page lexemes are retrieved from.
    • mCursor

      protected Cursor mCursor
      The current position on the page.
    • mFactory

      protected NodeFactory mFactory
      The factory for new nodes.
    • mDebugLineTrigger

      protected static int mDebugLineTrigger
      Line number to trigger on. This is tested on each nextNode() call, as a debugging aid. Alter this value and set a breakpoint on the guarded statement. Remember, these line numbers are zero based, while most editors are one based.
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  • Constructor Details

    • Lexer

      public Lexer()
      Creates a new instance of a Lexer.
    • Lexer

      public Lexer(Page page)
      Creates a new instance of a Lexer.
      Parameters:
      page - The page with HTML text.
    • Lexer

      public Lexer(String text)
      Creates a new instance of a Lexer.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to parse.
    • Lexer

      public Lexer(URLConnection connection) throws ParserException
      Creates a new instance of a Lexer.
      Parameters:
      connection - The url to parse.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If an error occurs opening the connection.
  • Method Details

    • getVersion

      public static String getVersion()
      Return the version string of this parser.
      Returns:
      A string of the form:
       "[floating point number] ([build-type] [build-date])"
       
    • getPage

      public Page getPage()
      Get the page this lexer is working on.
      Returns:
      The page that nodes are being read from.
    • setPage

      public void setPage(Page page)
      Set the page this lexer is working on.
      Parameters:
      page - The page that nodes will be read from.
    • getCursor

      public Cursor getCursor()
      Get the current scanning position.
      Returns:
      The lexer's cursor position.
    • setCursor

      public void setCursor(Cursor cursor)
      Set the current scanning position.
      Parameters:
      cursor - The lexer's new cursor position.
    • getNodeFactory

      public NodeFactory getNodeFactory()
      Get the current node factory.
      Returns:
      The lexer's node factory.
    • setNodeFactory

      public void setNodeFactory(NodeFactory factory)
      Set the current node factory.
      Parameters:
      factory - The node factory to be used by the lexer.
    • getPosition

      public int getPosition()
      Get the current cursor position.
      Returns:
      The current character offset into the source.
    • setPosition

      public void setPosition(int position)
      Set the current cursor position.
      Parameters:
      position - The new character offset into the source.
    • getCurrentLineNumber

      public int getCurrentLineNumber()
      Get the current line number.
      Returns:
      The line number the lexer's working on.
    • getCurrentLine

      public String getCurrentLine()
      Get the current line.
      Returns:
      The string the lexer's working on.
    • reset

      public void reset()
      Reset the lexer to start parsing from the beginning again. The underlying components are reset such that the next call to nextNode() will return the first lexeme on the page.
    • nextNode

      public Node nextNode() throws ParserException
      Get the next node from the source.
      Returns:
      A Remark, Text or Tag, or null if no more lexemes are present.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If there is a problem with the underlying page.
    • nextNode

      public Node nextNode(boolean quotesmart) throws ParserException
      Get the next node from the source.
      Parameters:
      quotesmart - If true, strings ignore quoted contents.
      Returns:
      A Remark, Text or Tag, or null if no more lexemes are present.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If there is a problem with the underlying page.
    • parseCDATA

      public Node parseCDATA() throws ParserException
      Return CDATA as a text node. According to appendix B.3.2 Specifying non-HTML data of the HTML 4.01 Specification:
      Element content
      When script or style data is the content of an element (SCRIPT and STYLE), the data begins immediately after the element start tag and ends at the first ETAGO ("</") delimiter followed by a name start character ([a-zA-Z]); note that this may not be the element's end tag. Authors should therefore escape "</" within the content. Escape mechanisms are specific to each scripting or style sheet language.
      Returns:
      The TextNode of the CDATA or null if none.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If a problem occurs reading from the source.
    • parseCDATA

      public Node parseCDATA(boolean quotesmart) throws ParserException
      Return CDATA as a text node. Slightly less rigid than parseCDATA() this method provides for parsing CDATA that may contain quoted strings that have embedded ETAGO ("</") delimiters and skips single and multiline comments.
      Parameters:
      quotesmart - If true the strict definition of CDATA is extended to allow for single or double quoted ETAGO ("</") sequences.
      Returns:
      The TextNode of the CDATA or null if none.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If a problem occurs reading from the source.
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    • createStringNode

      public Text createStringNode(Page page, int start, int end)
      Create a new string node.
      Specified by:
      createStringNode in interface NodeFactory
      Parameters:
      page - The page the node is on.
      start - The beginning position of the string.
      end - The ending positiong of the string.
      Returns:
      The created Text node.
    • createRemarkNode

      public Remark createRemarkNode(Page page, int start, int end)
      Create a new remark node.
      Specified by:
      createRemarkNode in interface NodeFactory
      Parameters:
      page - The page the node is on.
      start - The beginning position of the remark.
      end - The ending positiong of the remark.
      Returns:
      The created Remark node.
    • createTagNode

      public Tag createTagNode(Page page, int start, int end, Vector attributes)
      Create a new tag node. Note that the attributes vector contains at least one element, which is the tag name (standalone attribute) at position zero. This can be used to decide which type of node to create, or gate other processing that may be appropriate.
      Specified by:
      createTagNode in interface NodeFactory
      Parameters:
      page - The page the node is on.
      start - The beginning position of the tag.
      end - The ending positiong of the tag.
      attributes - The attributes contained in this tag.
      Returns:
      The created Tag node.
    • scanJIS

      protected void scanJIS(Cursor cursor) throws ParserException
      Advance the cursor through a JIS escape sequence.
      Parameters:
      cursor - A cursor positioned within the escape sequence.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If a problem occurs reading from the source.
    • parseString

      protected Node parseString(int start, boolean quotesmart) throws ParserException
      Parse a string node. Scan characters until "</", "<%", "<!" or < followed by a letter is encountered, or the input stream is exhausted, in which case null is returned.
      Parameters:
      start - The position at which to start scanning.
      quotesmart - If true, strings ignore quoted contents.
      Returns:
      The parsed node.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If a problem occurs reading from the source.
    • makeString

      protected Node makeString(int start, int end) throws ParserException
      Create a string node based on the current cursor and the one provided.
      Parameters:
      start - The starting point of the node.
      end - The ending point of the node.
      Returns:
      The new Text node.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If the nodefactory creation of the text node fails.
    • parseTag

      protected Node parseTag(int start) throws ParserException
      Parse a tag. Parse the name and attributes from a start tag.

      From the HTML 4.01 Specification, W3C Recommendation 24 December 1999 http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.2

      3.2.2 Attributes

      Elements may have associated properties, called attributes, which may have values (by default, or set by authors or scripts). Attribute/value pairs appear before the final ">" of an element's start tag. Any number of (legal) attribute value pairs, separated by spaces, may appear in an element's start tag. They may appear in any order.

      In this example, the id attribute is set for an H1 element: <H1 id="section1"> This is an identified heading thanks to the id attribute </H1> By default, SGML requires that all attribute values be delimited using either double quotation marks (ASCII decimal 34) or single quotation marks (ASCII decimal 39). Single quote marks can be included within the attribute value when the value is delimited by double quote marks, and vice versa. Authors may also use numeric character references to represent double quotes (&#34;) and single quotes (&#39;). For doublequotes authors can also use the character entity reference &quot;.

      In certain cases, authors may specify the value of an attribute without any quotation marks. The attribute value may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), digits (0-9), hyphens (ASCII decimal 45), periods (ASCII decimal 46), underscores (ASCII decimal 95), and colons (ASCII decimal 58). We recommend using quotation marks even when it is possible to eliminate them.

      Attribute names are always case-insensitive.

      Attribute values are generally case-insensitive. The definition of each attribute in the reference manual indicates whether its value is case-insensitive.

      All the attributes defined by this specification are listed in the attribute index.

      This method uses a state machine with the following states:

      1. state 0 - outside of any attribute
      2. state 1 - within attributre name
      3. state 2 - equals hit
      4. state 3 - within naked attribute value.
      5. state 4 - within single quoted attribute value
      6. state 5 - within double quoted attribute value
      7. state 6 - whitespaces after attribute name could lead to state 2 (=)or state 0

      The starting point for the various components is stored in an array of integers that match the initiation point for the states one-for-one, i.e. bookmarks[0] is where state 0 began, bookmarks[1] is where state 1 began, etc. Attributes are stored in a Vector having one slot for each whitespace or attribute/value pair. The first slot is for attribute name (kind of like a standalone attribute).

      Parameters:
      start - The position at which to start scanning.
      Returns:
      The parsed tag.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If a problem occurs reading from the source.
    • makeTag

      protected Node makeTag(int start, int end, Vector attributes) throws ParserException
      Create a tag node based on the current cursor and the one provided.
      Parameters:
      start - The starting point of the node.
      end - The ending point of the node.
      attributes - The attributes parsed from the tag.
      Returns:
      The new Tag node.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If the nodefactory creation of the tag node fails.
    • parseRemark

      protected Node parseRemark(int start, boolean quotesmart) throws ParserException
      Parse a comment. Parse a remark markup.

      From the HTML 4.01 Specification, W3C Recommendation 24 December 1999 http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.4

      3.2.4 Comments

      HTML comments have the following syntax:

      <!-- this is a comment -->

      <!-- and so is this one,

      which occupies more than one line -->

      White space is not permitted between the markup declaration open delimiter("<!") and the comment open delimiter ("--"), but is permitted between the comment close delimiter ("--") and the markup declaration close delimiter (">"). A common error is to include a string of hyphens ("---") within a comment. Authors should avoid putting two or more adjacent hyphens inside comments. Information that appears between comments has no special meaning (e.g., character references are not interpreted as such). Note that comments are markup.

      This method uses a state machine with the following states:

      1. state 0 - prior to the first open delimiter (first dash)
      2. state 1 - prior to the second open delimiter (second dash)
      3. state 2 - prior to the first closing delimiter (first dash)
      4. state 3 - prior to the second closing delimiter (second dash)
      5. state 4 - prior to the terminating >

      All comment text (everything excluding the < and >), is included in the remark text. We allow terminators like --!> even though this isn't part of the spec.

      Parameters:
      start - The position at which to start scanning.
      quotesmart - If true, strings ignore quoted contents.
      Returns:
      The parsed node.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If a problem occurs reading from the source.
    • makeRemark

      protected Node makeRemark(int start, int end) throws ParserException
      Create a remark node based on the current cursor and the one provided.
      Parameters:
      start - The starting point of the node.
      end - The ending point of the node.
      Returns:
      The new Remark node.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If the nodefactory creation of the remark node fails.
    • parseJsp

      protected Node parseJsp(int start) throws ParserException
      Parse a java server page node. Scan characters until "%>" is encountered, or the input stream is exhausted, in which case null is returned.
      Parameters:
      start - The position at which to start scanning.
      Returns:
      The parsed node.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If a problem occurs reading from the source.
    • parsePI

      protected Node parsePI(int start) throws ParserException
      Parse an XML processing instruction. Scan characters until "?>" is encountered, or the input stream is exhausted, in which case null is returned.
      Parameters:
      start - The position at which to start scanning.
      Returns:
      The parsed node.
      Throws:
      ParserException - If a problem occurs reading from the source.
    • main

      public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, ParserException
      Mainline for command line operation
      Parameters:
      args - [0] The URL to parse.
      Throws:
      MalformedURLException - If the provided URL cannot be resolved.
      ParserException - If the parse fails.