[antlr-interest] options greedy : getting the tokens consumed during the greedy match

[Vijay Raj]

Hi -
   I am trying to parse a given java file, with a code fragment that consumes comments as below: ( Code fragment got from Java.g , pasted in the antlr site, to give credit where it is due). 


COMMENT
         @init{
            boolean isJavaDoc = false;
            System.out.println("Entering comment");
        }
    :   '/*'
            {
                if((char)input.LA(1) == '*'){
                    isJavaDoc = true;
                }
            }
        (options {greedy=false;} : . )* 
        '*/'
  ...
     ;


I am trying to get all the characters mapped by the wildcard regex , as in 'options greedy' line in the grammar file and get the string into the Java world for further processing.   What hidden system variables/ grammar should I use to take care of the same ?