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duke@1: 
jjg@111: 
duke@1: package com.sun.tools.javac.parser;
duke@1: 
jjg@111: import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCCompilationUnit;
jjg@111: import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCExpression;
jjg@111: import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCStatement;
duke@1: 
jjg@111: /**
jjg@111:  * Reads syntactic units from source code.
jjg@111:  * Parsers are normally created from a ParserFactory.
duke@1:  *
jjg@581:  * <p><b>This is NOT part of any supported API.
jjg@111:  * If you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own risk.
jjg@111:  * This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change or
jjg@111:  * deletion without notice.</b>
duke@1:  */
jjg@111: public interface Parser {
jjg@111:     /**
jjg@111:      * Parse a compilation unit.
jjg@111:      * @return a compilation unit
duke@1:      */
jjg@111:     JCCompilationUnit parseCompilationUnit();
duke@1: 
duke@1:     /**
jjg@111:      * Parse an expression.
jjg@111:      * @return an expression
duke@1:      */
jjg@111:     JCExpression parseExpression();
duke@1: 
duke@1:     /**
jjg@111:      * Parse a statement.
jjg@111:      * @return an expression
duke@1:      */
jjg@111:     JCStatement parseStatement();
duke@1: 
duke@1:     /**
jjg@111:      * Parse a type.
jjg@111:      * @return an expression for a type
duke@1:      */
jjg@111:     JCExpression parseType();
duke@1: }