[antlr-interest] ids+=ID question

[jrc at skylon.demon.co.uk]

I am using the lexer to split lines into fields using PIPE, SPACE and
EQUALS.  After identifying the fields at the start of the line, I want
to reassemble the remaining text at the end of the line.  The 'jText'
rule recognizes the fields to be reassembled (see below).

However, I am having a problem figuring out how to obtain the '.text'
token attributes from the '$ids'.

Please can someone show me the way?
======================================================================
jText returns [String text]
        :       (ids+=STRING | ids+=EQUALS | ids+=PIPE | ids+=SPACE)*
                {
                    $text = "";
                    for (int i=0; i<$ids.size(); i++)
                        $text += $ids.get(i).text;
                }
        ;
EQUALS  :       '=' ;
PIPE    :       '|' ;
SPACE   :       ' ' ;
// STRING is printable ASCII excluding SPACE, EQUALS, PIPE, CR and NL
STRING  : (~(SPACE | EQUALS | PIPE | '\r' | '\n'))+ ;
======================================================================
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John Connett