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 *  Copyright (c) 2014 Terence Parr
 *  Copyright (c) 2014 Sam Harwell
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package org.antlr.v4.runtime;

/**
 * This interface provides information about the vocabulary used by a
 * recognizer.
 *
 * @see Recognizer#getVocabulary()
 * @author Sam Harwell
 */
public interface Vocabulary {
	/**
	 * Returns the highest token type value. It can be used to iterate from
	 * zero to that number, inclusively, thus querying all stored entries.
	 * @return the highest token type value
	 */
	int getMaxTokenType();

	/**
	 * Gets the string literal associated with a token type. The string returned
	 * by this method, when not {@code null}, can be used unaltered in a parser
	 * grammar to represent this token type.
	 *
	 * 
The following table shows examples of lexer rules and the literal
	 * names assigned to the corresponding token types.
	 *
	 * 
	 *  
	 *   
	 *   
	 *   
	 *  
	 *  
	 *   
	 *   
	 *   
	 *  
	 *  
	 *   
	 *   
	 *   
	 *  
	 *  
	 *   
	 *   
	 *   
	 *  
	 * 
Rule
Literal Name
Java String Literal
{@code THIS : 'this';}
{@code 'this'}
{@code "'this'"}
{@code SQUOTE : '\'';}
{@code '\''}
{@code "'\\''"}
{@code ID : [A-Z]+;}
n/a
{@code null}
	 *
	 * @param tokenType The token type.
	 *
	 * @return The string literal associated with the specified token type, or
	 * {@code null} if no string literal is associated with the type.
	 */
	String getLiteralName(int tokenType);

	/**
	 * Gets the symbolic name associated with a token type. The string returned
	 * by this method, when not {@code null}, can be used unaltered in a parser
	 * grammar to represent this token type.
	 *
	 * 
This method supports token types defined by any of the following
	 * methods:
	 *
	 * 

	 *  
Tokens created by lexer rules.
	 *  
Tokens defined in a tokens{} block in a lexer or parser
	 *  grammar.
	 *  
The implicitly defined {@code EOF} token, which has the token type
	 *  {@link Token#EOF}.
	 * 
	 *
	 * 
The following table shows examples of lexer rules and the literal
	 * names assigned to the corresponding token types.
	 *
	 * 
	 *  
	 *   
	 *   
	 *  
	 *  
	 *   
	 *   
	 *  
	 *  
	 *   
	 *   
	 *  
	 *  
	 *   
	 *   
	 *  
	 * 
Rule
Symbolic Name
{@code THIS : 'this';}
{@code THIS}
{@code SQUOTE : '\'';}
{@code SQUOTE}
{@code ID : [A-Z]+;}
{@code ID}
	 *
	 * @param tokenType The token type.
	 *
	 * @return The symbolic name associated with the specified token type, or
	 * {@code null} if no symbolic name is associated with the type.
	 */
	String getSymbolicName(int tokenType);

	/**
	 * Gets the display name of a token type.
	 *
	 * 
ANTLR provides a default implementation of this method, but
	 * applications are free to override the behavior in any manner which makes
	 * sense for the application. The default implementation returns the first
	 * result from the following list which produces a non-{@code null}
	 * result.
	 *
	 * 

	 *  
The result of {@link #getLiteralName}
	 *  
The result of {@link #getSymbolicName}
	 *  
The result of {@link Integer#toString}
	 * 
	 *
	 * @param tokenType The token type.
	 *
	 * @return The display name of the token type, for use in error reporting or
	 * other user-visible messages which reference specific token types.
	 */
	String getDisplayName(int tokenType);
}