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package com.sun.tools.javac.parser;

import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCCompilationUnit;
import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCExpression;
import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCStatement;

Reads syntactic units from source code.
Parsers are normally created from a ParserFactory.
This is NOT part of any supported API.
If you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own risk.
This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change or
deletion without notice.
/**
 * Reads syntactic units from source code.
 * Parsers are normally created from a ParserFactory.
 *
 * <p><b>This is NOT part of any supported API.
 * If you write code that depends on this, you do so at your own risk.
 * This code and its internal interfaces are subject to change or
 * deletion without notice.</b>
 */
public interface Parser {
    
Parse a compilation unit.
Returns:
a compilation unit/**
     * Parse a compilation unit.
     * @return a compilation unit
     */
    JCCompilationUnit parseCompilationUnit();

    
Parse an expression.
Returns:
an expression/**
     * Parse an expression.
     * @return an expression
     */
    JCExpression parseExpression();

    
Parse a statement.
Returns:
an expression/**
     * Parse a statement.
     * @return an expression
     */
    JCStatement parseStatement();

    
Parse a type.
Returns:
an expression for a type/**
     * Parse a type.
     * @return an expression for a type
     */
    JCExpression parseType();
}