private static boolean isAlignToken(String str){
  return null != alignTokenHashTable.get(str);
}

private static boolean isAlignToken ( String str ) { return null != alignTokenHashTable . get ( str ) ; }
a hashtable of all alignment tokens . an alignment token t is one such that , if two successive lines in a comment have t in the same column , then those lines are considered to be aligned . ( currently , that alignment just causes the lines to begin separate paragraphs . )
