tartrazine/lexers/jsonata.xml

<lexer>
  <config>
    <name>JSONata</name>
    <alias>jsonata</alias>
    <filename>*.jsonata</filename>
    <dot_all>true</dot_all>
  </config>
  <rules>
    <state name="root">
      <rule pattern="/\*.*?\*/">
        <token type="CommentMultiline"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="[{}()\[\]:;,\.=]">
        <token type="Punctuation"/>
      </rule>
       <rule pattern="\.\."> // Spread operator
        <token type="Operator"/>
      </rule> 
      <rule pattern="\^(?=\()"> // Sort operator
        <token type="Operator"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="\*\*|\*(?=\.)|\*"> // Descendant | Wildcard | Multiplication
        <token type="Operator"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="\/(?!\*)"> // Division
        <token type="Operator"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="[&lt;&gt;!]=?"> // Comparison operators
        <token type="Operator"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="~>">
        <token type="Operator"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="\b(and|or|in)\b">
        <token type="Operator"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="[%@#&amp;?]|\+(?!\d)|\-(?!\d)">
        <token type="Operator"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="\$[a-zA-Z0-9_]*(?![\w\(])">
        <token type="NameVariable"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="\$\w*(?=\()">
        <token type="NameFunction"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="\s+">
        <token type="Text"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="(true|false)\b">
        <token type="KeywordConstant"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="\b(function)\b">
        <token type="Keyword"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="(\+|-)?(0|[1-9]\d*)(\.\d+[eE](\+|-)?\d+|[eE](\+|-)?\d+|\.\d+)">
        <token type="LiteralNumberFloat"/>
      </rule> 
      <rule pattern="(\+|-)?(0|[1-9]\d*)">
        <token type="LiteralNumberInteger"/>
      </rule>
      <!-- NOTE: This expression matches all object keys (NameTags), which are essentially strings with double quotes
      that should only be captured on the left side of a colon (:) within a JSON-like object.
      Therefore, this expression must preceed the one for all LiteralStringDouble -->
      <rule pattern="&#34;(\\.|[^\\&#34;\r\n])*&#34;(?=\s*:)">
        <token type="NameTag"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="&#34;(\\\\|\\&#34;|[^&#34;])*&#34;">
        <token type="LiteralStringDouble"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="&#39;(\\|\\&#39;|[^&#39;])*&#39;">
        <token type="LiteralStringSingle"/>
      </rule>
      <rule pattern="`.*`">
        <token type="LiteralStringBacktick"/>
      </rule>
      <!-- NOTE: This expression matches everything remaining, which should be only JSONata names.
      Therefore, it has been left as last intentionally -->
      <rule pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9_]*"> 
        <token type="Name"/>
      </rule>
    </state>
  </rules>
</lexer>