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kte/LanguageHighlighter.h
Kyle Isom 1a77f28ce4 Add syntax highlighting infrastructure
- Introduced `HighlighterRegistry` with support for multiple language highlighters (e.g., JSON, Markdown, Python).
- Added `JsonHighlighter` implementation for basic JSON syntax highlighting.
2025-12-01 18:20:36 -08:00

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// LanguageHighlighter.h - interface for line-based highlighters
#pragma once
#include <memory>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include "Highlight.h"
class Buffer;
namespace kte {
class LanguageHighlighter {
public:
virtual ~LanguageHighlighter() = default;
// Produce highlight spans for a given buffer row. Implementations should append to out.
virtual void HighlightLine(const Buffer &buf, int row, std::vector<HighlightSpan> &out) const = 0;
virtual bool Stateful() const { return false; }
};
// Optional extension for stateful highlighters (e.g., multi-line comments/strings).
// Engines may detect and use this via dynamic_cast without breaking stateless impls.
class StatefulHighlighter : public LanguageHighlighter {
public:
struct LineState {
bool in_block_comment{false};
bool in_raw_string{false};
// For raw strings, remember the delimiter between the opening R"delim( and closing )delim"
std::string raw_delim;
};
// Highlight one line given the previous line state; return the resulting state after this line.
// Implementations should append spans for this line to out and compute the next state.
virtual LineState HighlightLineStateful(const Buffer &buf,
int row,
const LineState &prev,
std::vector<HighlightSpan> &out) const = 0;
bool Stateful() const override { return true; }
};
} // namespace kte