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3 Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Terence Parr
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28package org.antlr.runtime;
29
30/** A simple stream of integers used when all I care about is the char
31 *  or token type sequence (such as interpretation).
32 */
33public interface IntStream {
34	void consume();
35
36	/** Get int at current input pointer + i ahead where i=1 is next int.
37	 *  Negative indexes are allowed.  LA(-1) is previous token (token
38	 *  just matched).  LA(-i) where i is before first token should
39	 *  yield -1, invalid char / EOF.
40	 */
41	int LA(int i);
42
43	/** Tell the stream to start buffering if it hasn't already.  Return
44     *  current input position, index(), or some other marker so that
45	 *  when passed to rewind() you get back to the same spot.
46	 *  rewind(mark()) should not affect the input cursor.  The Lexer
47	 *  track line/col info as well as input index so its markers are
48	 *  not pure input indexes.  Same for tree node streams.
49     */
50	int mark();
51
52	/** Return the current input symbol index 0..n where n indicates the
53     *  last symbol has been read.  The index is the symbol about to be
54	 *  read not the most recently read symbol.
55     */
56	int index();
57
58	/** Reset the stream so that next call to index would return marker.
59	 *  The marker will usually be index() but it doesn't have to be.  It's
60	 *  just a marker to indicate what state the stream was in.  This is
61	 *  essentially calling release() and seek().  If there are markers
62	 *  created after this marker argument, this routine must unroll them
63	 *  like a stack.  Assume the state the stream was in when this marker
64	 *  was created.
65	 */
66	void rewind(int marker);
67
68	/** Rewind to the input position of the last marker.
69	 *  Used currently only after a cyclic DFA and just
70	 *  before starting a sem/syn predicate to get the
71	 *  input position back to the start of the decision.
72	 *  Do not "pop" the marker off the state.  mark(i)
73	 *  and rewind(i) should balance still. It is
74	 *  like invoking rewind(last marker) but it should not "pop"
75	 *  the marker off.  It's like seek(last marker's input position).
76	 */
77	void rewind();
78
79	/** You may want to commit to a backtrack but don't want to force the
80	 *  stream to keep bookkeeping objects around for a marker that is
81	 *  no longer necessary.  This will have the same behavior as
82	 *  rewind() except it releases resources without the backward seek.
83	 *  This must throw away resources for all markers back to the marker
84	 *  argument.  So if you're nested 5 levels of mark(), and then release(2)
85	 *  you have to release resources for depths 2..5.
86	 */
87	void release(int marker);
88
89	/** Set the input cursor to the position indicated by index.  This is
90	 *  normally used to seek ahead in the input stream.  No buffering is
91	 *  required to do this unless you know your stream will use seek to
92	 *  move backwards such as when backtracking.
93	 *
94	 *  This is different from rewind in its multi-directional
95	 *  requirement and in that its argument is strictly an input cursor (index).
96	 *
97	 *  For char streams, seeking forward must update the stream state such
98	 *  as line number.  For seeking backwards, you will be presumably
99	 *  backtracking using the mark/rewind mechanism that restores state and
100	 *  so this method does not need to update state when seeking backwards.
101	 *
102	 *  Currently, this method is only used for efficient backtracking using
103	 *  memoization, but in the future it may be used for incremental parsing.
104	 *
105	 *  The index is 0..n-1.  A seek to position i means that LA(1) will
106	 *  return the ith symbol.  So, seeking to 0 means LA(1) will return the
107	 *  first element in the stream.
108	 */
109	void seek(int index);
110
111	/** Only makes sense for streams that buffer everything up probably, but
112	 *  might be useful to display the entire stream or for testing.  This
113	 *  value includes a single EOF.
114	 */
115	int size();
116
117	/** Where are you getting symbols from?  Normally, implementations will
118	 *  pass the buck all the way to the lexer who can ask its input stream
119	 *  for the file name or whatever.
120	 */
121	public String getSourceName();
122}
123