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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.
*
* <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.
* @return a compilation unit
*/
JCCompilationUnit parseCompilationUnit();
/**
* Parse an expression.
* @return an expression
*/
JCExpression parseExpression();
/**
* Parse a statement.
* @return an expression
*/
JCStatement parseStatement();
/**
* Parse a type.
* @return an expression for a type
*/
JCExpression parseType();
}