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1   package org.sentrysoftware.jawk.frontend;
2   
3   /*-
4    * ╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲╱╲
5    * Jawk
6    * ჻჻჻჻჻჻
7    * Copyright (C) 2006 - 2023 Sentry Software
8    * ჻჻჻჻჻჻
9    * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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15   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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23   */
24  
25  import java.io.PrintStream;
26  
27  import org.sentrysoftware.jawk.intermediate.AwkTuples;
28  
29  /**
30   * A Jawk abstract syntax tree node. This provides
31   * an appropriate public interface to the abstract
32   * syntax tree.
33   *
34   * @author Danny Daglas
35   */
36  public interface AwkSyntaxTree {
37  
38  	/**
39  	 * Dump a meaningful text representation of this
40  	 * abstract syntax tree node to the output (print)
41  	 * stream. Either it is called directly by the
42  	 * application program, or it is called by the
43  	 * parent node of this tree node.
44  	 *
45  	 * @param ps The print stream to dump the text
46  	 *   representation.
47  	 */
48  	void dump(PrintStream ps);
49  
50  	/**
51  	 * Apply semantic checks to this node. The default
52  	 * implementation is to simply call semanticAnalysis()
53  	 * on all the children of this abstract syntax tree node.
54  	 * Therefore, this method must be overridden to provide
55  	 * meaningful semantic analysis / checks.
56  	 */
57  	void semanticAnalysis();
58  
59  	/**
60  	 * Appends tuples to the AwkTuples list
61  	 * for this abstract syntax tree node. Subclasses
62  	 * must implement this method.
63  	 * <p>
64  	 * This is called either by the main program to generate a full
65  	 * list of tuples for the abstract syntax tree, or it is called
66  	 * by other abstract syntax tree nodes in response to their
67  	 * attempt at populating tuples.
68  	 *
69  	 * @param tuples The tuples to populate.
70  	 * @return The number of items left on the operand stack after
71  	 *   these tuples have executed.
72  	 */
73  	int populateTuples(AwkTuples tuples);
74  }