.TH JFLEX "1" "October 2005"

.SH NAME

jflex \- a lexical analyzer generator (also known as scanner generator) for Java

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B jflex

\fI<options> <input-files>\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION

JFlex is a lexical analyzer generator (also known as scanner generator) for Java(tm), written in Java(tm). It is also a rewrite of the very useful tool JLex. JFlex is designed to work together with the LALR parser generator CUP, and the Java modification of Berkeley Yacc BYacc/J. It can also be used together with other parser generators like ANTLR or as a standalone tool. 

.SH OPTIONS

.TP

\fB\-d\fR <directory>

write generated file to <directory>

.TP

\fB\-\-skel\fR <file>

use external skeleton <file>

.TP

\fB\-\-switch\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR, \fB\-\-pack\fR

set default code generation method

.TP

\fB\-\-jlex\fR

strict JLex compatibility

.TP

\fB\-\-nomin\fR

skip minimization step

.TP

\fB\-\-nobak\fR

don't create backup files

.TP

\fB\-\-dump\fR

display transition tables

.TP

\fB\-\-dot\fR

write graphviz .dot files for the generated automata (alpha)

.TP

\fB\-\-verbose\fR, \fB\-v\fR

display generation progress messages (default)

.TP

\fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-q\fR

display errors only

.TP

\fB\-\-time\fR

display generation time statistics

.TP

\fB\-\-version\fR

print the version number of this copy of jflex

.TP

\fB\-\-info\fR

print system + JDK information

.TP

\fB\-\-help\fR, \fB\-h\fR

print this message

.PP

.SH AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Wolfgang Baer <WBaer@gmx.de>,

for the Debian project (but may be used by others).