NAME

       jlex - lexical analyser generator for Java(tm)

SYNOPSIS

       jlex specfile

DESCRIPTION

       JLex  takes  the  language  specification  in  specfile  and generates Java(tm) source code for a lexical
       analyser corresponding to the specification.

       The lexical analyzer source code is placed in a file whose name is the name  of  the  JLex  specification
       file,  with  the  string ".java" added to the end.  For example, if the JLex specification file is called
       foo.lex, the lexical analyzer source code file that JLex produces will be called foo.lex.java.)

       The resulting lexical analyzer source code should be compiled with a  Java  compiler.   This  produces  a
       lexical  analyzer  class  file, which can then be used in your application.  If the default settings have
       not been changed, the lexical analyzer class will  be  called  Yylex  and  the  class  files  will  named
       Yylex.class and Yytoken.class.

       For more information, see the JLex manual in /usr/share/doc/jlex/manual.html.

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/jlex/manual.html, /usr/share/doc/jlex/bugs.html, /usr/share/doc/jlex/README.

DIAGNOSTICS

       jlex produces diagnostic output to inform you of its progress.

BUGS

       See /usr/share/doc/jlex/bugs.html for information about known bugs in JLex.

       Please report bugs in the Debian version of JLex to the Debian bug tracking system in the first instance.
       Otherwise, please contact A. Appel <appel@princeton.edu>.

AUTHOR

       JLex was written by Elliot Joel Berk at Princeton University.  It is now maintained by C. Scott Ananian.

       This manual page was written  by  Charles  Briscoe-Smith  <cpbs@debian.org>,  modified  by  Colin  Watson
       <cjwatson@debian.org>, and is hereby contributed to the Public Domain.

       Please see the file /usr/share/doc/jlex/copyright for more information.

TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       "Java" is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

                                                   6 Aug 2001                                            JLEX(1)