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24  package org.modeshape.graph.query.parse;
25  
26  import net.jcip.annotations.Immutable;
27  import org.modeshape.common.text.ParsingException;
28  import org.modeshape.graph.query.model.QueryCommand;
29  import org.modeshape.graph.query.model.TypeSystem;
30  
31  /**
32   * The basic interface defining a component that is able to parse a string query into a {@link QueryCommand}.
33   */
34  @Immutable
35  public interface QueryParser {
36  
37      /**
38       * Get the name of the language that this parser is able to understand.
39       * 
40       * @return the language name; never null
41       */
42      String getLanguage();
43  
44      /**
45       * Parse the supplied query from a string representation into a {@link QueryCommand}.
46       * 
47       * @param query the query in string form; may not be null
48       * @param typeSystem the type system used by the query; may not be null
49       * @return the query command
50       * @throws ParsingException if there is an error parsing the supplied query
51       * @throws InvalidQueryException if the supplied query can be parsed but is invalid
52       */
53      QueryCommand parseQuery( String query,
54                               TypeSystem typeSystem ) throws InvalidQueryException;
55  
56  }