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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Mathias Doenitz
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package com.github.parboiled1.grappa.buffers;

import org.parboiled.support.Chars;
import org.parboiled.support.IndexRange;
import org.parboiled.support.Position;

/**
 * Abstraction of a simple char[] buffer holding the input text to be parsed.
 */
// TODO: it furiously resembles a CharSequence and should use that
public interface InputBuffer
{

    /**
     * Returns the character at the given index. If the index is invalid the
     * method returns {@link Chars#EOI}.
     *
     * @param index the index
     * @return the character at the given index or Chars.EOI.
     */
    char charAt(int index);

    /**
     * Determines whether the characters starting at the given index match the
     * ones from the given array (in order).
     *
     * @param index the index into the input buffer where to start the comparison
     * @param characters the characters to test against the input buffer
     * @return true if matched
     */
    boolean test(int index, char[] characters);

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@link String} from all character between the given
     * indices. Invalid indices are automatically adjusted to their respective
     * boundary.
     *
     * @param start the start index (inclusively)
     * @param end the end index (exclusively)
     * @return a new String (non-interned)
     */
    String extract(int start, int end);

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@link String} from all character covered by the given
     * IndexRange.
     *
     * @param range the IndexRange
     * @return a new String (non-interned)
     */
    String extract(IndexRange range);

    /**
     * Returns the line and column number of the character with the given index
     * encapsulated in a {@link Position} object. The very first character has
     * the line number 1 and the column number 1.
     *
     * @param index the index of the character to get the line number of
     * @return the line number
     */
    Position getPosition(int index);

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@link String} containing all characters with the given
     * line number except for the trailing newline.
     *
     * @param lineNumber the line number to get
     * @return the string
     */
    String extractLine(int lineNumber);

    /**
     * Returns the number of lines in the input buffer.
     *
     * @return number of lines in the input buffer.
     */
    int getLineCount();

    int length();
}