getTokenCategory

function getTokenCategory(tokenType):
  | TokenCategory
  | undefined;

Defined in: packages/engine/src/language/TokenCategoryMap.ts:503

Resolve a token type to its semantic category, from the built-in table and the module-level table registerTokenCategory writes.

Deprecated

It sees no engine’s packages (#710). Ask the engine that lexed the token, engine.getTokenCategory(type), or its language service, languageService.getTokenCategory(type), which read that engine’s packages as well as the built-in table. Removed in 3.0.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
tokenType	string

Returns

| TokenCategory | undefined

The category, or undefined if the token type has no category, the signal to a UI adapter that this token should render unstyled.