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package com.hazelcast.org.snakeyaml.engine.v1.parser;
import java.util.Iterator;
import com.hazelcast.org.snakeyaml.engine.v1.events.Event;
import com.hazelcast.org.snakeyaml.engine.v1.exceptions.ParserException;
/**
* This interface represents an input stream of {@link Event Events}.
*
* The parser and the scanner form together the 'Parse' step in the loading
* process.
*
*
* @see com.hazelcast.org.snakeyaml.engine.v1.events.Event
*/
public interface Parser extends Iterator {
/**
* Check if the next event is one of the given type.
*
* @param choice Event ID.
* @return 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.
*/
boolean checkEvent(Event.ID choice);
/**
* Return the next event, but do not delete it from the stream.
*
* @return The event that will be returned on the next call to
* {@link #next}
* @throws ParserException Thrown in case of malformed input.
*/
Event peekEvent();
/**
* Returns the next event.
*
* The event will be removed from the stream.
*
*
* @return the next parsed event
* @throws ParserException Thrown in case of malformed input.
*/
Event next();
}