org.antlr.stringtemplate.StringTemplateGroupLoader Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package org.antlr.stringtemplate;
/** When group files derive from another group, we have to know how to
* load that group and its supergroups. This interface also knows how
* to load interfaces.
*/
public interface StringTemplateGroupLoader {
/** Load the group called groupName from somewhere. Return null
* if no group is found.
*/
public StringTemplateGroup loadGroup(String groupName);
/** Load a group with a specified superGroup. Groups with
* region definitions must know their supergroup to find templates
* during parsing.
*/
public StringTemplateGroup loadGroup(String groupName,
StringTemplateGroup superGroup);
/** Specify the template lexer to use for parsing templates. If null,
* it assumes angle brackets <...>.
*/
public StringTemplateGroup loadGroup(String groupName,
Class templateLexer,
StringTemplateGroup superGroup);
/** Load the interface called interfaceName from somewhere. Return null
* if no interface is found.
*/
public StringTemplateGroupInterface loadInterface(String interfaceName);
}