Basic concepts

This part of the book will explain the basic concepts of the parser framework.

• Scanner : A scanner is a cursor over the data to parse.
• Matching : A matching is a process that recognizes a pattern in the data.
• Error handling : Error handling
• Recognizing : Recognizing data on matching patterns
• Visitor : The visitor pattern and the concept of accepting scanner data
• Peeking : Looking ahead in the data to find a pattern