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package org.hibernate.hql.internal.classic;
import org.hibernate.QueryException;

A parser is a state machine that accepts a string of tokens,
bounded by start() and end() and modifies a QueryTranslator. Parsers
are NOT intended to be threadsafe. They SHOULD be reuseable
for more than one token stream.
/**
 * A parser is a state machine that accepts a string of tokens,
 * bounded by start() and end() and modifies a QueryTranslator. Parsers
 * are NOT intended to be threadsafe. They SHOULD be reuseable
 * for more than one token stream.
 */

public interface Parser {
	public void token(String token, QueryTranslatorImpl q) throws QueryException;

	public void start(QueryTranslatorImpl q) throws QueryException;

	public void end(QueryTranslatorImpl q) throws QueryException;
}