Class EditLanguage

EditLanguage class is used to creating Language configurations for Syntax highlighting and Outlining

Inheritance
System.Object
EditLanguage
Inherited Members
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.GetHashCode()
System.Object.GetType()
System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
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System.Object.ToString()
Namespace: Syncfusion.Windows.Edit
Assembly: Syncfusion.Edit.Wpf.dll
Syntax
[Obsolete("This class is no longer in use due to modifications in language implementation, Kindly use create a class inheriting from LanguageBase or ProceduralLanguageBase or MarkupLanguageBase")]
public class EditLanguage
Remarks

Edit Language class contains the format collection and lexem collection with language name, file extension, case sensitive, text foreground properties.

Examples
// Initializing EditLanguage
EditLanguage EditLanguage1 = new EditLanguage();
EditLanguage1.Name = "CSharp";
EditLanguage1.FileExtension = ".cs";

Constructors

EditLanguage()

Initializes a new instance of the EditLanguage class.

Declaration
public EditLanguage()
Remarks

EditLanguage constructor used to initializes the Format and Lexem collections.

Properties

BlockEnd

Gets or sets BlockEnd property. Specifies the end symbol that denotes end of block of code

Declaration
public string BlockEnd { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Type: System.String
Remarks

Specifies the Block End text.

BlockStart

Gets or sets BlockStart property. Specifies the start symbol that denotes start of a block of code

Declaration
public string BlockStart { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Type: System.String
Remarks

Specifies the Block start text.

CaseSensitive

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Language has case sensitive or not

Declaration
public bool CaseSensitive { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

Type: System.Boolean
Remarks

Specifies the particular language is case sensitive or not.

FileExtension

Gets or sets File Extension supported by the language

Declaration
public string FileExtension { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Type: System.String
Remarks

Specifies the file extension.

Formats

Gets a collection type property that contains the list of text styles to be applied to the language

Declaration
public FormatsCollection Formats { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
FormatsCollection

Type: Syncfusion.Windows.Edit.FormatsCollection
Remarks

This Format property returns the Format Collection to the language content.

LanguageType

Gets or sets a Specific type of language. For instance, Procedural or Markup

Declaration
public EditLanguageType LanguageType { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
EditLanguageType

Type: Syncfusion.Windows.Edit.EditLanguageType
Remarks

The LanguageType property used to get and sets the language types like Procedural or Markup.

Lexems

Gets a Collection type property that contains the list of Lexical elements to be colored using the defined formats

Declaration
public LexemCollection Lexems { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
LexemCollection

Type: Syncfusion.Windows.Edit.LexemCollection
Remarks

This Lexems property returns the Lexems Collection.

Name

Gets or sets Name of the Language.

Declaration
public string Name { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Type: System.String
Remarks

Specifies the Name of the Language.

TextForeground

Gets or sets foreground brush to be applied when no Lexems are applicable for the text

Declaration
public Brush TextForeground { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Windows.Media.Brush

TextForeground = Brushes.Green;
Remarks

Specifies the particular language Text Foreground.

Methods

GetFormat(String)

Helper method to retrieve format from the formats collection with name as its parameter

Declaration
public EditFormats GetFormat(string fname)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String fname

Gets the Formatname from the reporting source
Returns
Type Description
EditFormats

EditFormat object from Formats collection of EditLanguage class
Remarks

Edit format method used to get the format properties of the specified format name.

See Also