private bool ProcessIdentifier()
{
var type = TinyhandAtomType.Identifier;
if (this.ValueSpan[0] == TinyhandConstants.AtSign)
{ // @ Special Identifier
type = TinyhandAtomType.SpecialIdentifier;
this.ValueSpan = this.ValueSpan.Slice(1);
this.AddPosition(1);
if (this.ValueSpan.Length == 0)
{
return(false);
}
var b = this.ValueSpan[0];
if (TinyhandHelper.IsDigit(b) || b == (byte)'+' || b == (byte)'-')
{ // Number
this.ThrowException("An identifier can not begin with a digit.");
}
}
this.AtomType = type;
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Read one tinyhand symbol at a time.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>True if the read is successful. False if no data is available (AtomType is set to None).</returns>
public bool Read()
{
this.InitializeValue();
if (this.SkipWhiteSpace())
{ // Separator, (Comment, LineFeed)
return(true);
}
if (this.Position >= this.Length)
{ // No data left.
return(false);
}
var b = this.Current;
this.AtomLineNumber = this.lineNumber;
this.AtomBytePositionInLine = this.bytePositionInLine;
switch (b)
{
case TinyhandConstants.OpenBrace: // {
this.AtomType = TinyhandAtomType.StartGroup;
this.ValueSpan = this.buffer.Slice(this.Position, 1);
this.AddPosition(1);
return(true);
case TinyhandConstants.CloseBrace: // }
this.AtomType = TinyhandAtomType.EndGroup;
this.ValueSpan = this.buffer.Slice(this.Position, 1);
this.AddPosition(1);
return(true);
case TinyhandConstants.Quote: // "string"
return(this.ReadQuote());
case TinyhandConstants.EqualsSign: // =
this.AtomType = TinyhandAtomType.Assignment;
this.ValueSpan = this.buffer.Slice(this.Position, 1);
this.AddPosition(1);
return(true);
case TinyhandConstants.Slash: // "//" or "/*"
this.AtomType = TinyhandAtomType.Comment;
this.ReadComment();
return(true);
default: // Number, Binary, Modifier/Value, Identifier/Limited identifier
if (TinyhandHelper.IsDigit(b) || b == (byte)'+' || b == (byte)'-')
{ // Number
return(this.ReadNumber());
}
if (b == (byte)'b' && this.Remaining >= 2 && this.buffer[this.Position + 1] == TinyhandConstants.Quote)
{ // Binary b"Base64"
return(this.ReadBinary());
}
this.ReadRawString();
if (this.ValueSpan.Length == 0)
{
goto Unexpected_Symbol;
}
if (this.ProcessValue())
{
this.AddPosition(this.ValueSpan.Length);
return(true);
}
if (this.ProcessModifier())
{
this.AddPosition(this.ValueSpan.Length);
return(true);
}
if (this.ProcessIdentifier())
{
this.AddPosition(this.ValueSpan.Length);
return(true);
}
Unexpected_Symbol:
this.ThrowUnexpectedCharacterException(b);
break;
}
return(false);
}