org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.parser

Interface Parser

All Superinterfaces:

Iterator<Event>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ParserImpl

public interface Parser
extends Iterator<Event>

This interface represents an input stream of Events.

The parser and the scanner form together the 'Parse' step in the loading process.

See Also:

Event

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	checkEvent(Event.ID choice) Check if the next event is one of the given type.
Event	next() Returns the next event.
Event	peekEvent() Return the next event, but do not delete it from the stream.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Iterator

forEachRemaining, hasNext, remove

Method Detail

checkEvent

boolean checkEvent(Event.ID choice)

Check if the next event is one of the given type.

Parameters:

choice - Event ID.

Returns:

true if the next event can be assigned to a variable of the given type. Returns false if no more events are available.

Throws:

ParserException - Thrown in case of malformed input.

peekEvent

Event peekEvent()

Return the next event, but do not delete it from the stream.

Returns:

The event that will be returned on the next call to next()

Throws:

ParserException - Thrown in case of malformed input.

next

Event next()

Returns the next event.

The event will be removed from the stream.

Specified by:

next in interface Iterator<Event>

Returns:

the next parsed event

Throws:

ParserException - Thrown in case of malformed input.