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## com.singularsys.jep.configurableparser.matchers
Class MultiLineMatcher

    java.lang.Object
      com.singularsys.jep.configurableparser.matchers.MultiLineMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:
  TokenMatcher, java.io.Serializable

    public class MultiLineMatcher

extends java.lang.Object
implements TokenMatcher

Matches tokens which span multiple lines of the input. The tokenizer matches the input a line at a time and subclasses of this can be used match tokens which span multiple lines.

See Also:
  `MultiLineToken`, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`MultiLineMatcher(TokenMatcher startMatcher, TokenMatcher endMatcher, TokenBuilder completeMatcher)`

Method Summary
`void` | `init(Jep j)` Initialize the matcher when the Jep instance is known.
`Token` | `match(java.lang.String s)` Match the start of the token.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### MultiLineMatcher

    public MultiLineMatcher(TokenMatcher startMatcher,
                            TokenMatcher endMatcher,
                            TokenBuilder completeMatcher)

Parameters:
  `startMatcher` - a matcher to match the start of the token.
  `endMatcher` - a matcher to match the end of the token.
  `completeMatcher` - a TokenBuilder which is used to produce the final token.

Method Detail

### match

    public Token match(java.lang.String s)
                throws ParseException

  Match the start of the token.

  Specified by:
    `match` in interface `TokenMatcher`
  Parameters:
    `s` - the string to match against
  Returns:
    a `MultiLineToken`
  Throws:
    `ParseException`

### init

    public void init(Jep j)

  Description copied from interface: `TokenMatcher`
  Initialize the matcher when the Jep instance is known.

  Specified by:
    `init` in interface `TokenMatcher`

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