001    /*
002     * Copyright 1999-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
003     * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
004     *
005     * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
006     * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
007     * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
008     * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
009     * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
010     *
011     * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
012     * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
013     * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
014     * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
015     * accompanied this code).
016     *
017     * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
018     * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
019     * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
020     *
021     * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
022     * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
023     * have any questions.
024     */
025    
026    
027    package com.sun.tools.javac.parser;
028    
029    import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCCompilationUnit;
030    import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCExpression;
031    import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCStatement;
032    
033    /**
034     * Reads syntactic units from source code.
035     * Parsers are normally created from a ParserFactory.
036     *
037     * <p><b>This is NOT part of any API supported by Sun Microsystems.
038     * If you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own risk.
039     * This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change or
040     * deletion without notice.</b>
041     */
042    public interface Parser {
043        /**
044         * Parse a compilation unit.
045         * @return a compilation unit
046         */
047        JCCompilationUnit parseCompilationUnit();
048    
049        /**
050         * Parse an expression.
051         * @return an expression
052         */
053        JCExpression parseExpression();
054    
055        /**
056         * Parse a statement.
057         * @return an expression
058         */
059        JCStatement parseStatement();
060    
061        /**
062         * Parse a type.
063         * @return an expression for a type
064         */
065        JCExpression parseType();
066    }