jflex-bootstrap

Lexical Analyzer Generator for Java

JFlex is a lexical analyzer generator for Java written in Java. It is also a rewrite of the very useful tool JLex which was developed by Elliot Berk at Princeton University. As Vern Paxson states for his C/C++ tool flex: they do not share any code though. Design goals The main design goals of JFlex are: * Full unicode support * Fast generated scanners * Fast scanner generation * Convenient specification syntax * Platform independence * JLex compatibility

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