geneseo.cs.compiler
Interface Parser

All Known Implementing Classes:

LRParser, TracingLRParser

public interface Parser

The interface that any object that serves as a parser must present.

Method Summary

ParseNode

parse(TokenSeq input) Parse a sequence of tokens.

Method Detail

parse

public ParseNode parse(TokenSeq input)
                throws CompilerException

Parse a sequence of tokens.

Parameters:

input - The sequence of tokens to be parsed.

Returns:

The root of the syntax tree constructed from the tokens.

Throws:

CompilerException - If the token sequence represents a syntactically illegal input.