ISourceCodeParser (Eclipse CDT API Specification)

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public interface ISourceCodeParser
```
Interface for an AST source code parser.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`cancel()`	Cancel the parsing.
`boolean`	`encounteredError()`	Check whether there were errors.
`IASTCompletionNode`	`getCompletionNode()`	Compute an `IASTCompletionNode` for code completion.
`IASTTranslationUnit`	`parse()`	Compute an abstract syntax tree (AST).

- Method Detail
  - parse
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IASTTranslationUnit parse()
```
    Compute an abstract syntax tree (AST). The returned AST is frozen, any attempt modify any of the nodes in the AST will result in an IllegalStateException.
    
    Returns:
    
    the AST, should not return null
    
    Throws:
    
    ParseError - if parsing has been cancelled or for other reasons
  - cancel
```
void cancel()
```
    Cancel the parsing.
  - encounteredError
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boolean encounteredError()
```
    Check whether there were errors.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there were errors
  - getCompletionNode
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IASTCompletionNode getCompletionNode()
```
    Compute an IASTCompletionNode for code completion.
    
    Returns:
    
    a completion node or null if none could be computed
    
    Throws:
    
    ParseError - if parsing has been cancelled or for other reasons