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+(ns sketchpad.buffer.token
+	(:require [sketchpad.util.tab :as tab]
+			[seesaw.core :as seesaw])
+	(:import (org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.RSyntaxUtilities)))
+
+(defn token-list-for-line
+"Returns the token list for a given line."
+	([] (token-list-for-line (tab/current-text-area)))
+	([text-area]
+	(let [doc (.getDocument text-area)
+		line (.getCaretLine text-area)
+		token (.getTokenListForLine doc line)]
+		token)))
+
+(defn current-token 
+"Returns the Token object for the current token."	
+	([] (current-token (tab/current-text-area)))
+	([text-area]
+	(let [doc (.getDocument text-area)
+		line (.getCaretLine text-area)
+		token (.getTokenListForLine doc line)
+		dot (.getCaretPosition text-area)
+		cur-token (org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.RSyntaxUtilities/getTokenAtOffset token dot)]
+		cur-token)))
+
+(defn line-token
+	([] (line-token (tab/current-text-area)))
+	([text-area]
+		(let [list-from-line (token-list-for-line text-area)
+			token-list (atom [(.getLexeme list-from-line)])]
+			(loop [t list-from-line]
+				(when-not (nil? (.getNextToken t))
+					(swap! token-list (fn [tl] (conj tl (.getLexeme t))))
+				 	 (recur (.getNextToken t))))
+			@token-list)))
+
+(defn- file-exists?
+	[possible-path]
+	(let [f (clojure.java.io/file possible-path)]
+		(.exists f)))
+
+(defn- is-number?
+	[possible-number]
+	(=
+		(type (load-string possible-number))
+		java.lang.Long))
+
+(defn- can-be-opened?
+	[line-tokens]
+	(and
+		(file-exists? (first line-tokens))
+		(is-number? (second line-tokens))))