/* Copyright (c) 2012-2017 The ANTLR Project. All rights reserved.
 * Use of this file is governed by the BSD 3-clause license that
 * can be found in the LICENSE.txt file in the project root.
 */

#pragma once

#include "atn/LexerActionType.h"
#include "antlr4-common.h"

namespace antlr4 {
namespace atn {

  /// <summary>
  /// Represents a single action which can be executed following the successful
  /// match of a lexer rule. Lexer actions are used for both embedded action syntax
  /// and ANTLR 4's new lexer command syntax.
  ///
  /// @author Sam Harwell
  /// @since 4.2
  /// </summary>
  class ANTLR4CPP_PUBLIC LexerAction {
  public:
    virtual ~LexerAction();

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the serialization type of the lexer action.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns> The serialization type of the lexer action. </returns>
    virtual LexerActionType getActionType() const = 0;

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets whether the lexer action is position-dependent. Position-dependent
    /// actions may have different semantics depending on the <seealso cref="CharStream"/>
    /// index at the time the action is executed.
    ///
    /// <para>Many lexer commands, including {@code type}, {@code skip}, and
    /// {@code more}, do not check the input index during their execution.
    /// Actions like this are position-independent, and may be stored more
    /// efficiently as part of the <seealso cref="LexerATNConfig#lexerActionExecutor"/>.</para>
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns> {@code true} if the lexer action semantics can be affected by the
    /// position of the input <seealso cref="CharStream"/> at the time it is executed;
    /// otherwise, {@code false}. </returns>
    virtual bool isPositionDependent() const = 0;

    /// <summary>
    /// Execute the lexer action in the context of the specified <seealso cref="Lexer"/>.
    ///
    /// <para>For position-dependent actions, the input stream must already be
    /// positioned correctly prior to calling this method.</para>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="lexer"> The lexer instance. </param>
    virtual void execute(Lexer *lexer) = 0;

    virtual size_t hashCode() const = 0;
    virtual bool operator == (const LexerAction &obj) const = 0;
    virtual bool operator != (const LexerAction &obj) const {
      return !(*this == obj);
    }

    virtual std::string toString() const = 0;
  };

} // namespace atn
} // namespace antlr4
