IntStream

All Known Subinterfaces:

CharStream, TokenStream

All Known Implementing Classes:

BufferedTokenStream, CodePointCharStream, CommonTokenStream, UnbufferedCharStream, UnbufferedTokenStream
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public interface IntStream
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A simple stream of symbols whose values are represented as integers. This interface provides marked ranges with support for a minimum level of buffering necessary to implement arbitrary lookahead during prediction. For more information on marked ranges, see IntStream.mark().
Initializing Methods: Some methods in this interface have unspecified behavior if no call to an initializing method has occurred after the stream was constructed. The following is a list of initializing methods:

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static int`	`EOF` The value returned by `LA()` when the end of the stream is reached.
`static String`	`UNKNOWN_SOURCE_NAME` The value returned by `IntStream.getSourceName()` when the actual name of the underlying source is not known.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`consume()` Consumes the current symbol in the stream.
`String`	`getSourceName()` Gets the name of the underlying symbol source.
`int`	`index()` Return the index into the stream of the input symbol referred to by `LA(1)`.
`int`	`LA(int i)` Gets the value of the symbol at offset `i` from the current position.
`int`	`mark()` A mark provides a guarantee that `seek()` operations will be valid over a "marked range" extending from the index where `mark()` was called to the current `index()`.
`void`	`release(int marker)` This method releases a marked range created by a call to `mark()`.
`void`	`seek(int index)` Set the input cursor to the position indicated by `index`.
`int`	`size()` Returns the total number of symbols in the stream, including a single EOF symbol.

- Field Detail
  - EOF
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static final int EOF
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    The value returned by LA() when the end of the stream is reached.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - UNKNOWN_SOURCE_NAME
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static final String UNKNOWN_SOURCE_NAME
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    The value returned by IntStream.getSourceName() when the actual name of the underlying source is not known.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - consume
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void consume()
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    Consumes the current symbol in the stream. This method has the following effects:
    - Forward movement: The value of index() before calling this method is less than the value of index() after calling this method.
    - Ordered lookahead: The value of LA(1) before calling this method becomes the value of LA(-1) after calling this method.
    Note that calling this method does not guarantee that index() is incremented by exactly 1, as that would preclude the ability to implement filtering streams (e.g. CommonTokenStream which distinguishes between "on-channel" and "off-channel" tokens).
    Throws:
    
    IllegalStateException - if an attempt is made to consume the end of the stream (i.e. if LA(1)==EOF before calling consume).
  - LA
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int LA(int i)
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    Gets the value of the symbol at offset i from the current position. When i==1, this method returns the value of the current symbol in the stream (which is the next symbol to be consumed). When i==-1, this method returns the value of the previously read symbol in the stream. It is not valid to call this method with i==0, but the specific behavior is unspecified because this method is frequently called from performance-critical code.
    This method is guaranteed to succeed if any of the following are true:
    - i>0
    - i==-1 and index() returns a value greater than the value of index() after the stream was constructed and LA(1) was called in that order. Specifying the current index() relative to the index after the stream was created allows for filtering implementations that do not return every symbol from the underlying source. Specifying the call to LA(1) allows for lazily initialized streams.
    - LA(i) refers to a symbol consumed within a marked region that has not yet been released.
    If i represents a position at or beyond the end of the stream, this method returns IntStream.EOF.
    
    The return value is unspecified if i<0 and fewer than -i calls to consume() have occurred from the beginning of the stream before calling this method.
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - if the stream does not support retrieving the value of the specified symbol
  - mark
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int mark()
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    A mark provides a guarantee that seek() operations will be valid over a "marked range" extending from the index where mark() was called to the current index(). This allows the use of streaming input sources by specifying the minimum buffering requirements to support arbitrary lookahead during prediction.
    The returned mark is an opaque handle (type int) which is passed to release() when the guarantees provided by the marked range are no longer necessary. When calls to mark()/release() are nested, the marks must be released in reverse order of which they were obtained. Since marked regions are used during performance-critical sections of prediction, the specific behavior of invalid usage is unspecified (i.e. a mark is not released, or a mark is released twice, or marks are not released in reverse order from which they were created).
    
    The behavior of this method is unspecified if no call to an initializing method has occurred after this stream was constructed.
    
    This method does not change the current position in the input stream.
    
    The following example shows the use of mark(), release(mark), index(), and seek(index) as part of an operation to safely work within a marked region, then restore the stream position to its original value and release the mark.
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 IntStream stream = ...;
 int index = -1;
 int mark = stream.mark();
 try {
   index = stream.index();
   // perform work here...
 } finally {
   if (index != -1) {
     stream.seek(index);
   }
   stream.release(mark);
 }
 
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    Returns:
    
    An opaque marker which should be passed to release() when the marked range is no longer required.
  - release
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void release(int marker)
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    This method releases a marked range created by a call to mark(). Calls to release() must appear in the reverse order of the corresponding calls to mark(). If a mark is released twice, or if marks are not released in reverse order of the corresponding calls to mark(), the behavior is unspecified.
    For more information and an example, see IntStream.mark().
    
    Parameters:
    
    marker - A marker returned by a call to mark().
    
    See Also:
    
    IntStream.mark()
  - index
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int index()
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    Return the index into the stream of the input symbol referred to by LA(1).
    The behavior of this method is unspecified if no call to an initializing method has occurred after this stream was constructed.
  - seek
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void seek(int index)
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    Set the input cursor to the position indicated by index. If the specified index lies past the end of the stream, the operation behaves as though index was the index of the EOF symbol. After this method returns without throwing an exception, then at least one of the following will be true.
    - index() will return the index of the first symbol appearing at or after the specified index. Specifically, implementations which filter their sources should automatically adjust index forward the minimum amount required for the operation to target a non-ignored symbol.
    - LA(1) returns IntStream.EOF
    This operation is guaranteed to not throw an exception if index lies within a marked region. For more information on marked regions, see IntStream.mark(). The behavior of this method is unspecified if no call to an initializing method has occurred after this stream was constructed.
    Parameters:
    
    index - The absolute index to seek to.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if index is less than 0
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - if the stream does not support seeking to the specified index
  - size
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int size()
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    Returns the total number of symbols in the stream, including a single EOF symbol.
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - if the size of the stream is unknown.
  - getSourceName
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String getSourceName()
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    Gets the name of the underlying symbol source. This method returns a non-null, non-empty string. If such a name is not known, this method returns IntStream.UNKNOWN_SOURCE_NAME.

Interface IntStream

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

EOF

UNKNOWN_SOURCE_NAME

Method Detail

consume

LA

mark

release

index

seek

size

getSourceName