IScanner.ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt Method
Parses the next language token from the current line and returns information about it.
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package
Assemblies: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0.dll)
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.dll)
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt ( _
tokenInfo As TokenInfo, _
ByRef state As Integer _
) As Boolean
'Usage
Dim instance As IScanner
Dim tokenInfo As TokenInfo
Dim state As Integer
Dim returnValue As Boolean
returnValue = instance.ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt(tokenInfo, _
state)
bool ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt(
TokenInfo tokenInfo,
ref int state
)
bool ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt(
TokenInfo^ tokenInfo,
int% state
)
abstract ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt :
tokenInfo:TokenInfo *
state:int byref -> bool
function ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt(
tokenInfo : TokenInfo,
state : int
) : boolean
Parameters
- tokenInfo
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.TokenInfo
[in, out] The TokenInfo structure to be filled in.
- state
Type: System.Int32%
[in, out] The scanner's current state value.
Return Value
Type: System.Boolean
Returns true if a token was parsed from the current line and information returned; otherwise, returns false indicating no more tokens on the current line.
Remarks
Call the SetSource method to set the line that is to be parsed. Then the ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt method is typically called repeatedly until all tokens are obtained.
Examples
This is an example of the way a colorizer might use this method.
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package;
namespace MyLanguagePackage
{
public class MyColorizer : IVsColorizer
{
IScanner scanner;
public int ColorizeLine(int line,
int length,
IntPtr ptr,
int state,
uint[] attrs)
{
int linepos = 0;
if (this.scanner != null)
{
try
{
string text = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(ptr, length);
this.scanner.SetSource(text, 0);
TokenInfo tokenInfo = new TokenInfo();
while (this.scanner.ScanTokenAndProvideInfoAboutIt(tokenInfo, ref state))
{
// Do something with tokenInfo
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
// Catch and ignore exceptions
}
}
return state;
}
}
}
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.