Language Attributes
About
The first section of the template defines a number of important attributes
about the target programming language. This includes its name, a list of keywords, and whether the language is case sensitive.
| Java Example |
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[Language] |
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Name |
= Java |
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Extension |
= java |
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Direction |
= left-to-right |
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Keywords |
= abstract, assert, boolean, break, byte, case, catch, char, class,
const |
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= continue, default, double, do, else, enum, extends, false, final,
finally |
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= float, for, goto, if, implements, import, instanceof, int,
interface, long |
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= native, new, null, package, private, protected, public, return,
short, static |
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= strictfp, super, switch, synchronized, this, throw, throws,
transient, true, try |
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= void, volatile, while |
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Conflicts |
= input |
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Case Sensitive |
= true |
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Options |
= aligned |
Attributes
| Attribute |
Contents |
| Name |
The name of the
programming language. This value will be displayed on the menu and
other GUI elements |
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Extension |
When a generated
program is saved, this value is used as the file's extension. |
|
Direction |
This attribute
controls if the generated code will be displayed in a left-to-right
direction (e.g. English, Spanish, Italian) or right-to-left (e.g.
Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew). The default is left-to-right. |
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Keywords |
This key is used to list all the keywords
in the target progamming language. The list will be used to generate
unique identifiers for the rest of the program. It is vital to list all the
keywords/reserved words that would cause syntactic errors if used
as an identifier. |
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Conflicts |
This key is used exactly like the Keywords
key. It gives a list of keywords/reserved words that will be used to
generate identifiers. However, this list is designed to list the
identifiers that the template creates. For example, if a template
creates a function called Output, then "output" should be listed
here. |
| Case
Sensitive |
Contains either true or false. |
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Options |
Optional formatting fields supported by
the Source Code Viewer. Currently, only "aligned" is supported -
which creates a dropdown containing"aligned" and "hanging" for use
with C-Family languages. |
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