All Known Subinterfaces:

WritableToken

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommonToken, RuleTagToken, TokenTagToken
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public interface Token
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A token has properties: text, type, line, character position in the line (so we can ignore tabs), token channel, index, and source from which we obtained this token.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static int`	`DEFAULT_CHANNEL`	All tokens go to the parser (unless skip() is called in that rule) on a particular "channel".
`static int`	`EOF`
`static int`	`EPSILON`	During lookahead operations, this "token" signifies we hit rule end ATN state and did not follow it despite needing to.
`static int`	`HIDDEN_CHANNEL`	Anything on different channel than DEFAULT_CHANNEL is not parsed by parser.
`static int`	`INVALID_TYPE`
`static int`	`MIN_USER_CHANNEL_VALUE`	This is the minimum constant value which can be assigned to a user-defined token channel.
`static int`	`MIN_USER_TOKEN_TYPE`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getChannel()`	Return the channel this token.
`int`	`getCharPositionInLine()`	The index of the first character of this token relative to the beginning of the line at which it occurs, 0..n-1
`CharStream`	`getInputStream()`	Gets the `CharStream` from which this token was derived.
`int`	`getLine()`	The line number on which the 1st character of this token was matched, line=1..n
`int`	`getStartIndex()`	The starting character index of the token This method is optional; return -1 if not implemented.
`int`	`getStopIndex()`	The last character index of the token.
`String`	`getText()`	Get the text of the token.
`int`	`getTokenIndex()`	An index from 0..n-1 of the token object in the input stream.
`TokenSource`	`getTokenSource()`	Gets the `TokenSource` which created this token.
`int`	`getType()`	Get the token type of the token

- Field Detail
  - INVALID_TYPE
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static final int INVALID_TYPE
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    Constant Field Values
  - EPSILON
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static final int EPSILON
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    During lookahead operations, this "token" signifies we hit rule end ATN state and did not follow it despite needing to.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - MIN_USER_TOKEN_TYPE
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static final int MIN_USER_TOKEN_TYPE
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    Constant Field Values
  - EOF
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static final int EOF
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    Constant Field Values
  - DEFAULT_CHANNEL
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static final int DEFAULT_CHANNEL
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    All tokens go to the parser (unless skip() is called in that rule) on a particular "channel". The parser tunes to a particular channel so that whitespace etc... can go to the parser on a "hidden" channel.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - HIDDEN_CHANNEL
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static final int HIDDEN_CHANNEL
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    Anything on different channel than DEFAULT_CHANNEL is not parsed by parser.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - MIN_USER_CHANNEL_VALUE
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static final int MIN_USER_CHANNEL_VALUE
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    This is the minimum constant value which can be assigned to a user-defined token channel.
    The non-negative numbers less than MIN_USER_CHANNEL_VALUE are assigned to the predefined channels DEFAULT_CHANNEL and HIDDEN_CHANNEL.
    
    See Also:
    
    getChannel(), Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getText
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String getText()
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    Get the text of the token.
  - getType
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int getType()
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    Get the token type of the token
  - getLine
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int getLine()
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    The line number on which the 1st character of this token was matched, line=1..n
  - getCharPositionInLine
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int getCharPositionInLine()
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    The index of the first character of this token relative to the beginning of the line at which it occurs, 0..n-1
  - getChannel
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int getChannel()
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    Return the channel this token. Each token can arrive at the parser on a different channel, but the parser only "tunes" to a single channel. The parser ignores everything not on DEFAULT_CHANNEL.
  - getTokenIndex
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int getTokenIndex()
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    An index from 0..n-1 of the token object in the input stream. This must be valid in order to print token streams and use TokenRewriteStream. Return -1 to indicate that this token was conjured up since it doesn't have a valid index.
  - getStartIndex
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int getStartIndex()
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    The starting character index of the token This method is optional; return -1 if not implemented.
  - getStopIndex
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int getStopIndex()
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    The last character index of the token. This method is optional; return -1 if not implemented.
  - getTokenSource
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TokenSource getTokenSource()
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    Gets the TokenSource which created this token.
  - getInputStream
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CharStream getInputStream()
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    Gets the CharStream from which this token was derived.

Interface Token

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

INVALID_TYPE

EPSILON

MIN_USER_TOKEN_TYPE

EOF

DEFAULT_CHANNEL

HIDDEN_CHANNEL

MIN_USER_CHANNEL_VALUE

Method Detail

getText

getType

getLine

getCharPositionInLine

getChannel

getTokenIndex

getStartIndex

getStopIndex

getTokenSource

getInputStream