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package org.antlr.runtime {
	/** A source of characters for an ANTLR lexer */
	public interface CharStream extends IntStream {
	
		/** For infinite streams, you don't need this; primarily I'm providing
		 *  a useful interface for action code.  Just make sure actions don't
		 *  use this on streams that don't support it.
		 */
		function substring(start:int, stop:int):String;
	
		/** Get the ith character of lookahead.  This is the same usually as
		 *  LA(i).  This will be used for labels in the generated
		 *  lexer code.  I'd prefer to return a char here type-wise, but it's
		 *  probably better to be 32-bit clean and be consistent with LA.
		 */
		function LT(i:int):int;
	
		/** ANTLR tracks the line information automatically */
		function get line():int;
	
		/** Because this stream can rewind, we need to be able to reset the line */
		function set line(line:int):void;
	
		function set charPositionInLine(pos:int):void;
	
		/** The index of the character relative to the beginning of the line 0..n-1 */
		function get charPositionInLine():int;
	}

}