Chapter 1    Jade Language Reference

This chapter covers the following topics.

• Concepts of the Jade Language

• Jade Language Notation

  • Jade Language Syntax

  • Using Comments in Your Methods

  • Type Methods

  • Regular Expression (Regex) Pattern Matching

  • Accessing Meta Data

  • Unicode Surrogate Pair Characters, including Emojis

• Jade Instructions, Expressions, and Assignments

• Epilogs

• Iterative Instructions

• Conditional Instructions

• Other Control Structures

• Simple Input and Output Instructions

• Exception Handling Instructions

• Transaction and Concurrency Control Instructions

• Instructions for Creating and Deleting Objects

• Jade Language Vocabulary

  • Special Symbols

  • Reserved Words