Parser.java revision 2571:10fc81ac75b4 
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25
26
27package com.sun.tools.javac.parser;
28
29import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCCompilationUnit;
30import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCExpression;
31import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCStatement;
32
33/**
34 * Reads syntactic units from source code.
35 * Parsers are normally created from a ParserFactory.
36 *
37 * <p><b>This is NOT part of any supported API.
38 * If you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own risk.
39 * This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change or
40 * deletion without notice.</b>
41 */
42public interface Parser {
43    /**
44     * Parse a compilation unit.
45     * @return a compilation unit
46     */
47    JCCompilationUnit parseCompilationUnit();
48
49    /**
50     * Parse an expression.
51     * @return an expression
52     */
53    JCExpression parseExpression();
54
55    /**
56     * Parse a statement.
57     * @return an expression
58     */
59    JCStatement parseStatement();
60
61    /**
62     * Parse a type.
63     * @return an expression for a type
64     */
65    JCExpression parseType();
66}
67