Package org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser

Interface Parser

All Known Implementing Classes:

ParserImpl

public interface Parser

This interface represents an input stream of Events.

The parser and the scanner form together the 'Parse' step in the loading process (see chapter 3.1 of the YAML Specification).

See Also:

Event

Method Summary

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

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 getEvent()

Throws:

ParserException - Thrown in case of malformed input.

getEvent

Event getEvent()

Returns the next event.

The event will be removed from the stream.

Returns:

the next parsed event

Throws:

ParserException - Thrown in case of malformed input.