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+/* Copyright (c) 2012-2017 The ANTLR Project. All rights reserved.
+ * Use of this file is governed by the BSD 3-clause license that
+ * can be found in the LICENSE.txt file in the project root.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "atn/LexerActionType.h"
+#include "antlr4-common.h"
+
+namespace antlr4 {
+namespace atn {
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Represents a single action which can be executed following the successful
+ /// match of a lexer rule. Lexer actions are used for both embedded action syntax
+ /// and ANTLR 4's new lexer command syntax.
+ ///
+ /// @author Sam Harwell
+ /// @since 4.2
+ /// </summary>
+ class ANTLR4CPP_PUBLIC LexerAction {
+ public:
+ virtual ~LexerAction();
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Gets the serialization type of the lexer action.
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <returns> The serialization type of the lexer action. </returns>
+ virtual LexerActionType getActionType() const = 0;
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Gets whether the lexer action is position-dependent. Position-dependent
+ /// actions may have different semantics depending on the <seealso cref="CharStream"/>
+ /// index at the time the action is executed.
+ ///
+ /// <para>Many lexer commands, including {@code type}, {@code skip}, and
+ /// {@code more}, do not check the input index during their execution.
+ /// Actions like this are position-independent, and may be stored more
+ /// efficiently as part of the <seealso cref="LexerATNConfig#lexerActionExecutor"/>.</para>
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <returns> {@code true} if the lexer action semantics can be affected by the
+ /// position of the input <seealso cref="CharStream"/> at the time it is executed;
+ /// otherwise, {@code false}. </returns>
+ virtual bool isPositionDependent() const = 0;
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Execute the lexer action in the context of the specified <seealso cref="Lexer"/>.
+ ///
+ /// <para>For position-dependent actions, the input stream must already be
+ /// positioned correctly prior to calling this method.</para>
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <param name="lexer"> The lexer instance. </param>
+ virtual void execute(Lexer *lexer) = 0;
+
+ virtual size_t hashCode() const = 0;
+ virtual bool operator == (const LexerAction &obj) const = 0;
+ virtual bool operator != (const LexerAction &obj) const {
+ return !(*this == obj);
+ }
+
+ virtual std::string toString() const = 0;
+ };
+
+} // namespace atn
+} // namespace antlr4