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32 
33 namespace Antlr.Runtime {
34 
35     /** <summary>A source of characters for an ANTLR lexer</summary> */
36     public interface ICharStream : IIntStream {
37 
38         /** <summary>
39          *  For infinite streams, you don't need this; primarily I'm providing
40          *  a useful interface for action code.  Just make sure actions don't
41          *  use this on streams that don't support it.
42          *  </summary>
43          */
Substring(int start, int length)44         string Substring(int start, int length);
45 
46         /** <summary>
47          *  Get the ith character of lookahead.  This is the same usually as
48          *  LA(i).  This will be used for labels in the generated
49          *  lexer code.  I'd prefer to return a char here type-wise, but it's
50          *  probably better to be 32-bit clean and be consistent with LA.
51          *  </summary>
52          */
LT(int i)53         int LT(int i);
54 
55         /** <summary>ANTLR tracks the line information automatically</summary> */
56         /** <summary>Because this stream can rewind, we need to be able to reset the line</summary> */
57         int Line {
58             get;
59             set;
60         }
61 
62         /** <summary>The index of the character relative to the beginning of the line 0..n-1</summary> */
63         int CharPositionInLine {
64             get;
65             set;
66         }
67     }
68 }
69