@clear-capabilities/agentic-security-scanner 0.149.0 → 0.149.4

package/vendor/java-parser/node_modules/@chevrotain/types/api.d.ts

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+export declare const VERSION: string;
+
+export type ParserMethod<ARGS extends unknown[], R> = (...args: ARGS) => R;
+
+/**
+ * This class does not actually exist nor is exposed at runtime.
+ * This is just a helper to avoid duplications in the Type Definitions
+ * Of `CstParser` and `EmbeddedActionsParser`
+ */
+declare abstract class BaseParser {
+  /**
+   * This must be called at the end of a Parser constructor.
+   * See: http://chevrotain.io/docs/tutorial/step2_parsing.html#under-the-hood
+   */
+  protected performSelfAnalysis(): void;
+
+  /**
+   * It is recommended to reuse the same Parser instance
+   * by passing an empty array to the input argument
+   * and only later setting the input by using the input property.
+   * See: http://chevrotain.io/docs/FAQ.html#major-performance-benefits
+   *
+   * @param tokenVocabulary - A data structure containing all the Tokens used by the Parser.
+   * @param config - The Parser's configuration.
+   */
+  constructor(tokenVocabulary: TokenVocabulary, config?: IParserConfig);
+
+  errors: IRecognitionException[];
+
+  /**
+   * Flag indicating the Parser is at the recording phase.
+   * Can be used to implement methods similar to {@link BaseParser.ACTION}
+   * Or any other logic to requires knowledge of the recording phase.
+   * See:
+   *   - https://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/internals.html#grammar-recording
+   * to learn more on the recording phase and how Chevrotain works.
+   */
+  RECORDING_PHASE: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Resets the parser state, should be overridden for custom parsers which "carry" additional state.
+   * When overriding, remember to also invoke the super implementation!
+   */
+  reset(): void;
+
+  getBaseCstVisitorConstructor<IN = any, OUT = any>(): {
+    new (...args: any[]): ICstVisitor<IN, OUT>;
+  };
+
+  getBaseCstVisitorConstructorWithDefaults<IN = any, OUT = any>(): {
+    new (...args: any[]): ICstVisitor<IN, OUT>;
+  };
+
+  getGAstProductions(): Record<string, Rule>;
+
+  getSerializedGastProductions(): ISerializedGast[];
+
+  /**
+   * @param startRuleName
+   * @param precedingInput - The token vector up to (not including) the content assist point
+   */
+  computeContentAssist(
+    startRuleName: string,
+    precedingInput: IToken[],
+  ): ISyntacticContentAssistPath[];
+
+  /**
+   * @param grammarRule - The rule to try and parse in backtracking mode.
+   * @param args - argument to be passed to the grammar rule execution
+   *
+   * @return a lookahead function that will try to parse the given grammarRule and will return true if succeed.
+   */
+  protected BACKTRACK<T>(
+    grammarRule: (...args: any[]) => T,
+    args?: any[],
+  ): () => boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * The Semantic Actions wrapper.
+   * Should be used to wrap semantic actions that either:
+   * - May fail when executing in "recording phase".
+   * - Have global side effects that should be avoided during "recording phase".
+   *
+   * For more information see:
+   *   - https://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/internals.html#grammar-recording
+   */
+  protected ACTION<T>(impl: () => T): T;
+
+  /**
+   * Like `CONSUME` with the numerical suffix as a parameter, e.g:
+   * consume(0, X) === CONSUME(X)
+   * consume(1, X) === CONSUME1(X)
+   * consume(2, X) === CONSUME2(X)
+   * ...
+   * @see CONSUME
+   */
+  protected consume(
+    idx: number,
+    tokType: TokenType,
+    options?: ConsumeMethodOpts,
+  ): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * Like `OPTION` with the numerical suffix as a parameter, e.g:
+   * option(0, X) === OPTION(X)
+   * option(1, X) === OPTION1(X)
+   * option(2, X) === OPTION2(X)
+   * ...
+   * @see OPTION
+   */
+  protected option<OUT>(
+    idx: number,
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * Like `OR` with the numerical suffix as a parameter, e.g:
+   * or(0, X) === OR(X)
+   * or(1, X) === OR1(X)
+   * or(2, X) === OR2(X)
+   * ...
+   * @see OR
+   */
+  protected or(idx: number, altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+  protected or<T>(idx: number, altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+
+  /**
+   * Like `MANY` with the numerical suffix as a parameter, e.g:
+   * many(0, X) === MANY(X)
+   * many(1, X) === MANY1(X)
+   * many(2, X) === MANY2(X)
+   * ...
+   * @see MANY
+   */
+  protected many(
+    idx: number,
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Like `AT_LEAST_ONE` with the numerical suffix as a parameter, e.g:
+   * atLeastOne(0, X) === AT_LEAST_ONE(X)
+   * atLeastOne(1, X) === AT_LEAST_ONE1(X)
+   * atLeastOne(2, X) === AT_LEAST_ONE2(X)
+   * ...
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   */
+  protected atLeastOne(
+    idx: number,
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   *
+   * A Parsing DSL method use to consume a single Token.
+   * In EBNF terms this is equivalent to a Terminal.
+   *
+   * A Token will be consumed, IFF the next token in the token vector matches `tokType`.
+   * otherwise the parser may attempt to perform error recovery (if enabled).
+   *
+   * The index in the method name indicates the unique occurrence of a terminal consumption
+   * inside a the top level rule. What this means is that if a terminal appears
+   * more than once in a single rule, each appearance must have a **different** index.
+   *
+   * For example:
+   * ```
+   *   this.RULE("qualifiedName", () => {
+   *   this.CONSUME1(Identifier);
+   *     this.MANY(() => {
+   *       this.CONSUME1(Dot);
+   *       // here we use CONSUME2 because the terminal
+   *       // 'Identifier' has already appeared previously in the
+   *       // the rule 'parseQualifiedName'
+   *       this.CONSUME2(Identifier);
+   *     });
+   *   })
+   * ```
+   *
+   * - See more details on the [unique suffixes requirement](http://chevrotain.io/docs/FAQ.html#NUMERICAL_SUFFIXES).
+   *
+   * @param tokType - The Type of the token to be consumed.
+   * @param options - optional properties to modify the behavior of CONSUME.
+   */
+  protected CONSUME(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME1(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME2(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME3(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME4(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME5(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME6(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME7(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME8(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * @see CONSUME
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected CONSUME9(tokType: TokenType, options?: ConsumeMethodOpts): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * Parsing DSL Method that Indicates an Optional production.
+   * in EBNF notation this is equivalent to: "[...]".
+   *
+   * Note that there are two syntax forms:
+   * - Passing the grammar action directly:
+   *   ```
+   *     this.OPTION(() => {
+   *       this.CONSUME(Digit)}
+   *     );
+   *   ```
+   *
+   * - using an "options" object:
+   *   ```
+   *     this.OPTION({
+   *       GATE:predicateFunc,
+   *       DEF: () => {
+   *         this.CONSUME(Digit)
+   *     }});
+   *   ```
+   *
+   * The optional 'GATE' property in "options" object form can be used to add constraints
+   * to invoking the grammar action.
+   *
+   * As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence
+   * of the optional production in it's top rule.
+   *
+   * @param  actionORMethodDef - The grammar action to optionally invoke once
+   *                             or an "OPTIONS" object describing the grammar action and optional properties.
+   *
+   * @returns The `GrammarAction` return value (OUT) if the optional syntax is encountered
+   *          or `undefined` if not.
+   */
+  protected OPTION<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION1<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION2<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION3<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION4<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION5<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION6<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION7<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION8<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OPTION
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OPTION9<OUT>(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<OUT> | DSLMethodOpts<OUT>,
+  ): OUT | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * Parsing DSL method that indicates a choice between a set of alternatives must be made.
+   * This is equivalent to an EBNF alternation (A | B | C | D ...), except
+   * that the alternatives are ordered like in a PEG grammar.
+   * This means that the **first** matching alternative is always chosen.
+   *
+   * There are several forms for the inner alternatives array:
+   *
+   * - Passing alternatives array directly:
+   *   ```
+   *     this.OR([
+   *       { ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(One) }},
+   *       { ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Two) }},
+   *       { ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Three) }}
+   *     ])
+   *   ```
+   *
+   * - Passing alternative array directly with predicates (GATE):
+   *   ```
+   *     this.OR([
+   *       { GATE: predicateFunc1, ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(One) }},
+   *       { GATE: predicateFuncX, ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Two) }},
+   *       { GATE: predicateFuncX, ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Three) }}
+   *     ])
+   *   ```
+   *
+   * - These syntax forms can also be mixed:
+   *   ```
+   *     this.OR([
+   *       {
+   *         GATE: predicateFunc1,
+   *         ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(One) }
+   *       },
+   *       { ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Two) }},
+   *       { ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Three) }}
+   *     ])
+   *   ```
+   *
+   * - Additionally an "options" object may be used:
+   *   ```
+   *     this.OR({
+   *       DEF:[
+   *         { ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(One) }},
+   *         { ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Two) }},
+   *         { ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Three) }}
+   *       ],
+   *       // OPTIONAL property
+   *       ERR_MSG: "A Number"
+   *     })
+   *   ```
+   *
+   * The 'predicateFuncX' in the long form can be used to add constraints to choosing the alternative.
+   *
+   * As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence
+   * of the alternation production in it's top rule.
+   *
+   * @param altsOrOpts - A set of alternatives or an "OPTIONS" object describing the alternatives and optional properties.
+   *
+   * @returns The result of invoking the chosen alternative.
+   */
+  protected OR<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR1<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR1(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR2<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR2(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR3<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR3(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR4<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR4(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR5<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR5(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR6<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR6(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR7<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR7(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR8<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR8(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * @see OR
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected OR9<T>(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<T>[] | OrMethodOpts<T>): T;
+  protected OR9(altsOrOpts: IOrAlt<any>[] | OrMethodOpts<any>): any;
+
+  /**
+   * Parsing DSL method, that indicates a repetition of zero or more.
+   * This is equivalent to EBNF repetition \{...\}.
+   *
+   * Note that there are two syntax forms:
+   * - Passing the grammar action directly:
+   *   ```
+   *     this.MANY(() => {
+   *       this.CONSUME(Comma)
+   *       this.CONSUME(Digit)
+   *      })
+   *   ```
+   *
+   * - using an "options" object:
+   *   ```
+   *     this.MANY({
+   *       GATE: predicateFunc,
+   *       DEF: () => {
+   *              this.CONSUME(Comma)
+   *              this.CONSUME(Digit)
+   *            }
+   *     });
+   *   ```
+   *
+   * The optional 'GATE' property in "options" object form can be used to add constraints
+   * to invoking the grammar action.
+   *
+   * As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence
+   * of the repetition production in it's top rule.
+   *
+   * @param actionORMethodDef - The grammar action to optionally invoke multiple times
+   *                             or an "OPTIONS" object describing the grammar action and optional properties.
+   *
+   */
+  protected MANY(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY1(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY2(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY3(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY4(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY5(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY6(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY7(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY8(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY9(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOpts<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Parsing DSL method, that indicates a repetition of zero or more with a separator
+   * Token between the repetitions.
+   *
+   * Example:
+   *
+   * ```
+   *     this.MANY_SEP({
+   *         SEP:Comma,
+   *         DEF: () => {
+   *             this.CONSUME(Number};
+   *             // ...
+   *         })
+   * ```
+   *
+   * Note that because this DSL method always requires more than one argument the options object is always required
+   * and it is not possible to use a shorter form like in the MANY DSL method.
+   *
+   * Note that for the purposes of deciding on whether or not another iteration exists
+   * Only a single Token is examined (The separator). Therefore if the grammar being implemented is
+   * so "crazy" to require multiple tokens to identify an item separator please use the more basic DSL methods
+   * to implement it.
+   *
+   * As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence
+   * of the repetition production in it's top rule.
+   *
+   * @param options - An object defining the grammar of each iteration and the separator between iterations
+   *
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP1(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP2(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP3(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP4(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP5(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP6(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP7(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP8(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected MANY_SEP9(options: ManySepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Convenience method, same as MANY but the repetition is of one or more.
+   * failing to match at least one repetition will result in a parsing error and
+   * cause a parsing error.
+   *
+   * @see MANY
+   *
+   * @param actionORMethodDef  - The grammar action to optionally invoke multiple times
+   *                             or an "OPTIONS" object describing the grammar action and optional properties.
+   *
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE1(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE2(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE3(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE4(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE5(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE6(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE7(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE8(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE9(
+    actionORMethodDef: GrammarAction<any> | DSLMethodOptsWithErr<any>,
+  ): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Convenience method, same as MANY_SEP but the repetition is of one or more.
+   * failing to match at least one repetition will result in a parsing error and
+   * cause the parser to attempt error recovery.
+   *
+   * Note that an additional optional property ERR_MSG can be used to provide custom error messages.
+   *
+   * @see MANY_SEP
+   *
+   * @param options - An object defining the grammar of each iteration and the separator between iterations
+   *
+   * @return {ISeparatedIterationResult<OUT>}
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP1(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP2(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP3(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP4(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP5(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP6(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP7(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP8(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * @see AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP9(options: AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<any>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an "imaginary" Token to insert when Single Token Insertion is done
+   * Override this if you require special behavior in your grammar.
+   * For example if an IntegerToken is required provide one with the image '0' so it would be valid syntactically.
+   */
+  protected getTokenToInsert(tokType: TokenType): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * By default, all tokens type may be inserted. This behavior may be overridden in inheriting Recognizers
+   * for example: One may decide that only punctuation tokens may be inserted automatically as they have no additional
+   * semantic value. (A mandatory semicolon has no additional semantic meaning, but an Integer may have additional meaning
+   * depending on its int value and context (Inserting an integer 0 in cardinality: "[1..]" will cause semantic issues
+   * as the max of the cardinality will be greater than the min value (and this is a false error!).
+   */
+  protected canTokenTypeBeInsertedInRecovery(tokType: TokenType): boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * By default, all token types may be deleted. This behavior may be overridden in inheriting parsers.
+   * The method receives the expected token type. The token that would be deleted can be received with {@link LA}.
+   */
+  protected canTokenTypeBeDeletedInRecovery(tokType: TokenType): boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated - will be removed in the future
+   */
+  protected getNextPossibleTokenTypes(
+    grammarPath: ITokenGrammarPath,
+  ): TokenType[];
+
+  input: IToken[];
+
+  /**
+   * Will consume a single token and return the **next** token, meaning
+   * the token **after** the skipped token.
+   */
+  protected SKIP_TOKEN(): IToken;
+
+  /**
+   * Look-Ahead for the Token Vector
+   * LA(1) is the next Token ahead.
+   * LA(n) is the nth Token ahead.
+   * LA(0) is the previously consumed Token.
+   *
+   * Looking beyond the end of the Token Vector or before its begining
+   * will return in an IToken of type EOF {@link EOF}.
+   * This behavior can be used to avoid infinite loops.
+   *
+   * This is often used to implement custom lookahead logic for GATES.
+   * https://chevrotain.io/docs/features/gates.html
+   */
+  protected LA(howMuch: number): IToken;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A Parser that outputs a Concrete Syntax Tree.
+ * See:
+ *    - https://chevrotain.io/docs/tutorial/step3_adding_actions_root.html#alternatives
+ *    - https://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/concrete_syntax_tree.html
+ * For in depth docs.
+ */
+export declare class CstParser extends BaseParser {
+  /**
+   * Creates a Grammar Rule
+   *
+   * Note that any parameters of your implementation must be optional as it will
+   * be called without parameters during the grammar recording phase.
+   */
+  protected RULE<F extends () => void>(
+    name: string,
+    implementation: F,
+    config?: IRuleConfig<CstNode>,
+  ): ParserMethod<Parameters<F>, CstNode>;
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides a Grammar Rule
+   * See usage example in: https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/blob/master/examples/parser/versioning/versioning.js
+   */
+  protected OVERRIDE_RULE<F extends () => void>(
+    name: string,
+    implementation: F,
+    config?: IRuleConfig<CstNode>,
+  ): ParserMethod<Parameters<F>, CstNode>;
+
+  /**
+   * Like `SUBRULE` with the numerical suffix as a parameter, e.g:
+   * subrule(0, X) === SUBRULE(X)
+   * subrule(1, X) === SUBRULE1(X)
+   * subrule(2, X) === SUBRULE2(X)
+   * ...
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   */
+  protected subrule<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    idx: number,
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * The Parsing DSL Method is used by one rule to call another.
+   * It is equivalent to a non-Terminal in EBNF notation.
+   *
+   * This may seem redundant as it does not actually do much.
+   * However using it is **mandatory** for all sub rule invocations.
+   *
+   * Calling another rule without wrapping in SUBRULE(...)
+   * will cause errors/mistakes in the Parser's self analysis phase,
+   * which will lead to errors in error recovery/automatic lookahead calculation
+   * and any other functionality relying on the Parser's self analysis
+   * output.
+   *
+   * As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence
+   * of the sub rule invocation in its rule.
+   *
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE1<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE2<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE3<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE4<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE5<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE6<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE7<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE8<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE9<ARGS extends unknown[]>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, CstNode>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): CstNode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A Parser that relies on end user's embedded actions to control its output.
+ * For more details see:
+ *   - https://chevrotain.io/docs/tutorial/step3_adding_actions_root.html#alternatives
+ *   - https://chevrotain.io/docs/tutorial/step3b_adding_actions_embedded.html#simple-example
+ */
+export declare class EmbeddedActionsParser extends BaseParser {
+  /**
+   * Creates a Grammar Rule
+   *
+   * Note that any parameters of your implementation must be optional as it will
+   * be called without parameters during the grammar recording phase.
+   */
+  protected RULE<F extends (...args: any[]) => any>(
+    name: string,
+    implementation: F,
+    config?: IRuleConfig<ReturnType<F>>,
+  ): ParserMethod<Parameters<F>, ReturnType<F>>;
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides a Grammar Rule
+   * See usage example in: https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/blob/master/examples/parser/versioning/versioning.js
+   */
+  protected OVERRIDE_RULE<F extends (...args: any[]) => any>(
+    name: string,
+    implementation: F,
+    config?: IRuleConfig<ReturnType<F>>,
+  ): ParserMethod<Parameters<F>, ReturnType<F>>;
+
+  /**
+   * Like `SUBRULE` with the numerical suffix as a parameter, e.g:
+   * subrule(0, X) === SUBRULE(X)
+   * subrule(1, X) === SUBRULE1(X)
+   * subrule(2, X) === SUBRULE2(X)
+   * ...
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   */
+  protected subrule<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    idx: number,
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * The Parsing DSL Method is used by one rule to call another.
+   * It is equivalent to a non-Terminal in EBNF notation.
+   *
+   * This may seem redundant as it does not actually do much.
+   * However using it is **mandatory** for all sub rule invocations.
+   *
+   * Calling another rule without wrapping in SUBRULE(...)
+   * will cause errors/mistakes in the Parser's self analysis phase,
+   * which will lead to errors in error recovery/automatic lookahead calculation
+   * and any other functionality relying on the Parser's self analysis
+   * output.
+   *
+   * As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence
+   * of the sub rule invocation in its rule.
+   *
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE1<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE2<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE3<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE4<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE5<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE6<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE7<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE8<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+
+  /**
+   * @see SUBRULE
+   * @hidden
+   */
+  protected SUBRULE9<ARGS extends unknown[], R>(
+    ruleToCall: ParserMethod<ARGS, R>,
+    options?: SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS>,
+  ): R;
+}
+
+export interface ILexerDefinitionError {
+  message: string;
+  type: LexerDefinitionErrorType;
+  tokenTypes?: TokenType[];
+}
+
+export declare class Lexer {
+  static SKIPPED: string;
+
+  /**
+   * A Constant to mark "abstract" TokenTypes that are used
+   * purely as token categories.
+   * See: {@link ITokenConfig.categories}
+   */
+  static NA: RegExp;
+  lexerDefinitionErrors: ILexerDefinitionError[];
+
+  /**
+   * @param lexerDefinition -
+   *  Structure composed of Tokens Types this lexer will identify.
+   *
+   *  In the simple case the structure is an array of TokenTypes.
+   *  In the case of {@link IMultiModeLexerDefinition} the structure is an object with two properties:
+   *    1. a "modes" property where each value is an array of TokenTypes.
+   *    2. a "defaultMode" property specifying the initial lexer mode.
+   *
+   *  for example:
+   *
+   *  ```
+   *    {
+   *        modes : {
+   *          modeX : [Token1, Token2],
+   *          modeY : [Token3, Token4]
+   *        },
+   *
+   *        defaultMode : "modeY"
+   *    }
+   *  ```
+   *
+   *  A lexer with {@link MultiModesDefinition} is simply multiple Lexers where only one Lexer(mode) can be active at the same time.
+   *  This is useful for lexing languages where there are different lexing rules depending on context.
+   *
+   *  The current lexing mode is selected via a "mode stack".
+   *  The last (peek) value in the stack will be the current mode of the lexer.
+   *  Defining entering and exiting lexer modes is done using the "push_mode" and "pop_mode" properties
+   *  of the {@link ITokenConfig} config properties.
+   *
+   *  - The Lexer will match the **first** pattern that matches, Therefor the order of Token Types is significant.
+   *    For example when one pattern may match a prefix of another pattern.
+   *
+   *    Note that there are situations in which we may wish to order the longer pattern after the shorter one.
+   *    For example: [keywords vs Identifiers](https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/tree/master/examples/lexer/keywords_vs_identifiers).
+   */
+  constructor(
+    lexerDefinition: TokenType[] | IMultiModeLexerDefinition,
+    config?: ILexerConfig,
+  );
+
+  /**
+   * Will lex(Tokenize) a string.
+   * Note that this can be called repeatedly on different strings as this method
+   * does not modify the state of the Lexer.
+   *
+   * @param text - The string to lex
+   * @param [initialMode] - The initial Lexer Mode to start with, by default this will be the first mode in the lexer's
+   *                                 definition. If the lexer has no explicit modes it will be the implicit single 'default_mode' mode.
+   */
+  tokenize(text: string, initialMode?: string): ILexingResult;
+}
+
+export interface ILexingResult {
+  tokens: IToken[];
+  groups: {
+    [groupName: string]: IToken[];
+  };
+  errors: ILexingError[];
+}
+
+export interface ILexingError {
+  offset: number;
+  line: number | undefined;
+  column: number | undefined;
+  length: number;
+  message: string;
+}
+
+export interface ILexerConfig {
+  /**
+   * An optional flag indicating that lexer definition errors
+   * should not automatically cause an error to be raised.
+   * This can be useful when wishing to indicate lexer errors in another manner
+   * than simply throwing an error (for example in an online playground).
+   */
+  deferDefinitionErrorsHandling?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * "full" location information means all six combinations of /(end|start)(Line|Column|Offset)/ properties.
+   * "onlyStart" means that only startLine, startColumn and startOffset will be tracked
+   * "onlyOffset" means that only the startOffset will be tracked.
+   *
+   * The less position tracking the faster the Lexer will be and the less memory used.
+   * However the difference is not large (~10% On V8), thus reduced location tracking options should only be used
+   * in edge cases where every last ounce of performance is needed.
+   */
+  // TODO: consider renaming this to LocationTracking to align with NodeLocationTracking option on the ParserConfig.
+  positionTracking?: "full" | "onlyStart" | "onlyOffset";
+
+  /**
+   * A regExp defining custom line terminators.
+   * This will be used to calculate the line and column information.
+   *
+   * Note that the regExp should use the global flag, for example: /\n/g
+   *
+   * The default is: /\n|\r\n?/g
+   *
+   * But some grammars have a different definition, for example in ECMAScript:
+   * https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/8.0/index.html#sec-line-terminators
+   * U+2028 and U+2029 are also treated as line terminators.
+   *
+   * In that case we would use /\n|\r|\u2028|\u2029/g
+   *
+   * Note that it is also possible to supply an optimized RegExp like implementation
+   * as only a subset of the RegExp APIs is needed, {@link ILineTerminatorsTester}
+   * for details.
+   *
+   * keep in mind that for the default pattern: /\n|\r\n?/g an optimized implementation is already built-in.
+   * This means the optimization is only relevant for lexers overriding the default pattern.
+   */
+  lineTerminatorsPattern?: RegExp | ILineTerminatorsTester;
+
+  /**
+   * Characters or CharCodes that represent line terminators for this lexer.
+   * This always needs to be provided when using a custom {@link ILexerConfig.lineTerminatorsPattern}.
+   * In the future this duplication may be removed or reduced.
+   */
+  lineTerminatorCharacters?: (number | string)[];
+
+  /**
+   * When true this flag will cause the Lexer to throw an Error
+   * When it is unable to perform all of its performance optimizations.
+   *
+   * In addition error messages will be printed to the console with details
+   * how to resolve the optimizations issues.
+   *
+   * Use this flag to guarantee higher lexer performance.
+   * The optimizations can boost the lexer's performance anywhere from 30%
+   * to 100%+ depending on the number of TokenTypes used.
+   */
+  ensureOptimizations?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Can be used to disable lexer optimizations
+   * If there is a suspicion they are causing incorrect behavior.
+   * Note that this would have negative performance implications.
+   */
+  safeMode?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * A custom error message provider.
+   * Can be used to override the default error messages.
+   * For example:
+   *   - Translating the error messages to a different languages.
+   *   - Changing the formatting.
+   */
+  errorMessageProvider?: ILexerErrorMessageProvider;
+
+  /**
+   * Enabling this flag will print performance tracing logs during lexer
+   * Initialization (constructor invocation), this is useful to narrow down the cause
+   * of the initialization performance problem.
+   *
+   * You can also pass a numerical value which affects the verbosity
+   * of the traces, this number is the maximum nesting level of the traces, e.g:
+   * 0: Traces disabled === 'false'
+   * 1: Top Level traces only.
+   * 2: One level of nested inner traces.
+   * ...
+   *
+   * Note that passing the boolean `true` is identical to passing the numerical value `infinity`
+   */
+  traceInitPerf?: boolean | number;
+
+  /**
+   * This flag will avoid running the Lexer validations during Lexer initialization.
+   *
+   * This can substantially improve the Lexer's initialization (constructor) time.
+   * @see ILexerConfig.traceInitPerf to measure the Lexer validations cost for your Lexer.
+   *
+   * Note that the Lexer validations are **extremely useful** during development time,
+   * e.g: Detecting empty/invalid regExp Patterns.
+   * So they should not be skipped during development flows.
+   *   - For example: via a conditional that checks an env variable.
+   */
+  skipValidations?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Should the lexer halt on the **first** error, or continue attempting to tokenize by dropping characters
+   * until a match is found or the end of input is reached.
+   *
+   * Setting `recoveryEnabled` to `false` is useful when you want to **halt quickly** on faulty inputs,
+   * particularly when dealing with **large** faulty inputs.
+   *
+   * By default, `recoveryEnabled` is `true`
+   */
+  recoveryEnabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface ILexerErrorMessageProvider {
+  /**
+   * An Unexpected Character Error occurs when the lexer is unable to match a range of one or more
+   * characters in the input text against any of the Token Types in it's Lexer definition
+   *
+   * @param fullText - Full original input text.
+   *
+   * @param startOffset - Offset in input text where error starts.
+   *
+   * @param length - Error length.
+   *
+   * @param line - Line number where the error occurred. (optional)
+   *                    Will not be provided when lexer is not defined to track lines/columns
+   *
+   * @param column - Column number where the error occurred. (optional)
+   *                    Will not be provided when lexer is not defined to track lines/columns
+   */
+  buildUnexpectedCharactersMessage(
+    fullText: string,
+    startOffset: number,
+    length: number,
+    line?: number,
+    column?: number,
+  ): string;
+
+  /**
+   * Unable To Pop Lexer Mode Error happens when lexer tries to pop the last remaining mode from the mode stack
+   * so that there is no longer any active lexer mode
+   * This error only relevant for multi-mode lexers
+   *
+   * @param token - The Token that requested pop mode.
+   */
+  buildUnableToPopLexerModeMessage(token: IToken): string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This is the default logic Chevrotain uses to construct lexing error messages.
+ * It can be used as a reference or as a starting point customize a lexer's
+ * error messages.
+ *
+ * - See: {@link ILexerConfig.errorMessageProvider}
+ */
+export declare const defaultLexerErrorProvider: ILexerErrorMessageProvider;
+
+/**
+ * A subset of the regExp interface.
+ * Needed to compute line/column info by a chevrotain lexer.
+ */
+export interface ILineTerminatorsTester {
+  /**
+   * Just like regExp.test
+   */
+  test: (text: string) => boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Just like the regExp lastIndex with the global flag enabled
+   * It should be updated after every match to point to the offset where the next
+   * match attempt starts.
+   */
+  lastIndex: number;
+}
+
+export type TokenPattern =
+  | RegExp
+  | string
+  | CustomPatternMatcherFunc
+  | ICustomPattern;
+
+export interface ITokenConfig {
+  name: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Categories enable polymorphism on Token Types.
+   * A TokenType X with categories C1, C2, ... ,Cn can
+   * be matched by the parser against any of those categories.
+   * In practical terms this means that:
+   * CONSUME(C1) can match a Token of type X.
+   */
+  categories?: TokenType | TokenType[];
+
+  /**
+   * The Label is a human readable name to be used
+   * in error messages and syntax diagrams.
+   *
+   * For example a TokenType may be called LCurly, which is
+   * short for "left curly brace". The much easier to understand
+   * label could simply be "\{".
+   */
+  label?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * This defines what sequence of characters would be matched
+   * To this TokenType when Lexing.
+   *
+   * For Custom Patterns see: http://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/custom_token_patterns.html
+   */
+  pattern?: TokenPattern;
+
+  /**
+   * The group property will cause the lexer to collect
+   * Tokens of this type separately from the other Tokens.
+   *
+   * For example this could be used to collect comments for
+   * post processing.
+   *
+   * See: https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/tree/master/examples/lexer/token_groups
+   */
+  group?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * A name of a Lexer mode to "enter" once this Token Type has been matched.
+   * Lexer modes can be used to support different sets of possible Tokens Types
+   *
+   * Lexer Modes work as a stack of Lexers, so "entering" a mode means pushing it to the top of the stack.
+   *
+   * See: https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/tree/master/examples/lexer/multi_mode_lexer
+   */
+  push_mode?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * If "pop_mode" is true the Lexer will pop the last mode of the modes stack and
+   * continue lexing using the new mode at the top of the stack.
+   *
+   * See: https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/tree/master/examples/lexer/multi_mode_lexer
+   */
+  pop_mode?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * The "longer_alt" property will cause the Lexer to attempt matching against other Token Types
+   * every time this Token Type has been matched.
+   *
+   * This feature can be useful when two or more Token Types have common prefixes which
+   * cannot be resolved (only) by the ordering of the Tokens in the lexer definition.
+   *
+   * - Note that the `longer_alt` capability **cannot be chained**.
+   * - Note that the **first** matched `longer_alt` takes precendence.
+   *
+   * For example see: https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/tree/master/examples/lexer/keywords_vs_identifiers
+   * For resolving the keywords vs Identifier ambiguity.
+   */
+  longer_alt?: TokenType | TokenType[];
+
+  /**
+   * Can a String matching this Token Type's pattern possibly contain a line terminator?
+   * If true and the line_breaks property is not also true this will cause inaccuracies in the Lexer's line / column tracking.
+   */
+  line_breaks?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Possible starting characters or charCodes of the pattern.
+   * These will be used to optimize the Lexer's performance.
+   *
+   * These are normally **automatically** computed, however the option to explicitly
+   * specify those can enable optimizations even when the automatic analysis fails.
+   *
+   * e.g:
+   *   * strings hints should be one character long.
+   *    ```
+   *      { start_chars_hint: ["a", "b"] }
+   *    ```
+   *
+   *   * number hints are the result of running ".charCodeAt(0)" on the strings.
+   *    ```
+   *      { start_chars_hint: [97, 98] }
+   *    ```
+   *
+   *   * For unicode characters outside the BMP use the first of their surrogate pairs.
+   *     for example: The '💩' character is represented by surrogate pairs: '\uD83D\uDCA9'
+   *       and D83D is 55357 in decimal.
+   *    * Note that "💩".charCodeAt(0) === 55357
+   */
+  start_chars_hint?: (string | number)[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new TokenType which can then be used
+ * to define a Lexer and Parser
+ */
+export declare function createToken(config: ITokenConfig): TokenType;
+
+/**
+ * Utility to create Chevrotain IToken "instances"
+ * Note that Chevrotain tokens are not real TokenTypes instances
+ * and thus the instanceOf cannot be used with them.
+ */
+export declare function createTokenInstance(
+  tokType: TokenType,
+  image: string,
+  startOffset: number,
+  endOffset: number,
+  startLine: number,
+  endLine: number,
+  startColumn: number,
+  endColumn: number,
+): IToken;
+
+/**
+ *  API #1 [Custom Token Patterns](http://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/custom_token_patterns.html).
+ */
+export declare type CustomPatternMatcherFunc = (
+  /**
+   * The full input string.
+   */
+  text: string,
+  /**
+   * The offset at which to attempt a match
+   */
+  offset: number,
+  /**
+   * Previously scanned Tokens
+   */
+  tokens: IToken[],
+  /**
+   * Token Groups
+   */
+  groups: {
+    [groupName: string]: IToken[];
+  },
+) => CustomPatternMatcherReturn | RegExpExecArray | null; // RegExpExecArray included for legacy reasons
+
+export type CustomPatternMatcherReturn = [string] & { payload?: any };
+
+export interface TokenType {
+  name: string;
+  GROUP?: string;
+  PATTERN?: TokenPattern;
+  LABEL?: string;
+  LONGER_ALT?: TokenType | TokenType[];
+  POP_MODE?: boolean;
+  PUSH_MODE?: string;
+  LINE_BREAKS?: boolean;
+  CATEGORIES?: TokenType[];
+  tokenTypeIdx?: number;
+  categoryMatches?: number[];
+  categoryMatchesMap?: {
+    [tokType: number]: boolean;
+  };
+  isParent?: boolean;
+  START_CHARS_HINT?: (string | number)[];
+}
+
+/**
+ *  API #2 for [Custom Token Patterns](http://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/custom_token_patterns.html).
+ */
+interface ICustomPattern {
+  exec: CustomPatternMatcherFunc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Things to note:
+ *  - The offset range is inclusive to exclusive.
+ *
+ * - A lineTerminator as the last character does not effect the Token's line numbering.
+ *   In other words a new line only starts **after** a line terminator.
+ *
+ * - A Token's image is it's **literal** text.
+ *   e.g unicode escaping is untouched.
+ */
+export interface IToken {
+  /** The textual representation of the Token as it appeared in the text. */
+  image: string;
+  /** Offset of the first character of the Token. 0-indexed. */
+  startOffset: number;
+  /** Line of the first character of the Token. 1-indexed. */
+  startLine?: number;
+  /**
+   * Column of the first character of the Token. 1-indexed.
+   *
+   * For token foo in the following line, startColumn will be 3 and endColumn will be 5.
+   * ```
+   * a foo
+   * 123456
+   * ```
+   */
+  startColumn?: number;
+  /**
+   * Offset of the last character of the Token. 0-indexed.
+   * Note that this points at the last character, not the end of the token, so the original image would be
+   * `input.substring(token.startOffset, token.endOffset + 1)`.
+   */
+  endOffset?: number;
+  /** Line of the last character of the Token. 1-indexed. Will be the same as startLine for single-line tokens.*/
+  endLine?: number;
+  /** Column of the last character of the Token. 1-indexed. See also startColumn. */
+  endColumn?: number;
+  /** this marks if a Token does not really exist and has been inserted "artificially" during parsing in rule error recovery. */
+  isInsertedInRecovery?: boolean;
+  /** An number index representing the type of the Token use <getTokenConstructor> to get the Token Type from a token "instance"  */
+  tokenTypeIdx: number;
+  /**
+   * The actual Token Type of this Token "instance"
+   * This is the same Object returned by the "createToken" API.
+   * This property is very useful for debugging the Lexing and Parsing phases.
+   */
+  tokenType: TokenType;
+
+  /**
+   * Custom Payload value, this is an optional feature of Custom Token Patterns
+   * For additional details see the docs:
+   * https://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/custom_token_patterns.html#custom-payloads
+   */
+  payload?: any;
+}
+
+export declare function tokenName(tokType: TokenType): string;
+
+/**
+ *  Returns a human readable label for a TokenType if such exists,
+ *  otherwise will return the TokenType's name.
+ *
+ *  Labels are useful in improving the readability of error messages and syntax diagrams.
+ *  To define labels provide the label property in the {@link createToken} config parameter.
+ */
+export declare function tokenLabel(tokType: TokenType): string;
+
+/**
+ * A Utility method to check if a token is of the type of the argument Token class.
+ * This utility is needed because Chevrotain tokens support "categories" which means
+ * A TokenType may have multiple categories.
+ *
+ * This means a simple comparison using the {@link IToken.tokenType} property may not suffice.
+ * For example:
+ *
+ * ```
+ *   import { createToken, tokenMatcher, Lexer } from "chevrotain"
+ *
+ *   // An "abstract" Token used only for categorization purposes.
+ *   const NumberTokType = createToken({ name: "NumberTokType", pattern: Lexer.NA })
+ *
+ *   const IntegerTokType = createToken({
+ *     name: "IntegerTokType",
+ *     pattern: /\d+/,
+ *     // Integer "Is A" Number
+ *     categories: [NumberTokType]
+ *   })
+ *
+ *   const DecimalTokType = createToken({
+ *     name: "DecimalTokType",
+ *     pattern: /\d+\.\d+/,
+ *     // Double "Is A" Number
+ *     categories: [NumberTokType]
+ *   })
+ *
+ *   // Will always be false as the tokenType property can only
+ *   // be Integer or Double Token Types as the Number TokenType is "abstract".
+ *   if (myToken.tokenType === NumberTokType) { /* ... *\/ }
+ *
+ *   // Will be true when myToken is of Type Integer or Double.
+ *   // Because the hierarchy defined by the categories is taken into account.
+ *   if (tokenMatcher(myToken, NumberTokType) { /* ... *\/ }
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @returns true iff the token matches the TokenType.
+ */
+export function tokenMatcher(token: IToken, tokType: TokenType): boolean;
+
+export declare type MultiModesDefinition = {
+  [modeName: string]: TokenType[];
+};
+
+export interface IMultiModeLexerDefinition {
+  modes: MultiModesDefinition;
+  defaultMode: string;
+}
+
+export type TokenTypeDictionary = { [tokenName: string]: TokenType };
+
+export declare type TokenVocabulary =
+  | TokenTypeDictionary
+  | TokenType[]
+  | IMultiModeLexerDefinition;
+
+export interface IRuleConfig<T> {
+  /**
+   * The function which will be invoked to produce the returned value for a production that have not been
+   * successfully executed and the parser recovered from.
+   */
+  recoveryValueFunc?: (e: IRecognitionException) => T;
+  /**
+   * Enable/Disable re-sync error recovery for this specific production.
+   */
+  resyncEnabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface DSLMethodOpts<T> {
+  /**
+   * The Grammar to process in this method.
+   */
+  DEF: GrammarAction<T>;
+  /**
+   * A semantic constraint on this DSL method
+   * @see https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/blob/master/examples/parser/predicate_lookahead/predicate_lookahead.js
+   * For farther details.
+   */
+  GATE?: () => boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Maximum number of "following tokens" which would be used to
+   * Choose between the alternatives.
+   *
+   * By default this value is determined by the {@link IParserConfig.maxLookahead} value.
+   * A Higher value may be used for a specific DSL method to resolve ambiguities
+   * And a lower value may be used to resolve slow initialization times issues.
+   *
+   * TODO: create full docs and link
+   */
+  MAX_LOOKAHEAD?: number;
+}
+
+export interface DSLMethodOptsWithErr<T> extends DSLMethodOpts<T> {
+  /**
+   *  Short title/classification to what is being matched.
+   *  Will be used in the error message,.
+   *  If none is provided, the error message will include the names of the expected
+   *  Tokens sequences which start the method's inner grammar
+   */
+  ERR_MSG?: string;
+}
+
+export interface OrMethodOpts<T> {
+  /**
+   * The set of alternatives,
+   * See detailed description in {@link BaseParser.OR}
+   */
+  DEF: IOrAlt<T>[];
+  /**
+   * A description for the alternatives used in error messages
+   * If none is provided, the error message will include the names of the expected
+   * Tokens sequences which may start each alternative.
+   */
+  ERR_MSG?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * A Flag indicating that **all** ambiguities in this alternation should
+   * be ignored.
+   *
+   * This flag should only be used in rare circumstances,
+   * As normally alternation ambiguities should be resolved in other ways:
+   * - Re-ordering the alternatives.
+   * - Re-factoring the grammar to extract common prefixes before alternation.
+   * - Using gates {@link IOrAlt.GATE} to implement custom lookahead logic.
+   * - Using the more granular {@link IOrAlt.IGNORE_AMBIGUITIES} on a **specific** alternative.
+   */
+  IGNORE_AMBIGUITIES?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Maximum number of "following tokens" which would be used to
+   * Choose between the alternatives.
+   *
+   * By default this value is determined by the {@link IParserConfig.maxLookahead} value.
+   * A Higher value may be used for a specific DSL method to resolve ambiguities
+   * And a lower value may be used to resolve slow initialization times issues.
+   *
+   * TODO: create full docs and link
+   */
+  MAX_LOOKAHEAD?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ManySepMethodOpts<T> {
+  /**
+   * The grammar to process in each iteration.
+   */
+  DEF: GrammarAction<T>;
+  /**
+   * The separator between each iteration.
+   */
+  SEP: TokenType;
+
+  /**
+   * @see DSLMethodOpts.MAX_LOOKAHEAD
+   */
+  MAX_LOOKAHEAD?: number;
+}
+
+export interface AtLeastOneSepMethodOpts<T> extends ManySepMethodOpts<T> {
+  /**
+   *  Short title/classification to what is being matched.
+   *  Will be used in the error message,.
+   *  If none is provided, the error message will include the names of the expected
+   *  Tokens sequences which start the method's inner grammar.
+   */
+  ERR_MSG?: string;
+}
+
+export interface ConsumeMethodOpts {
+  /**
+   *  A custom Error message if the Token could not be consumed.
+   *  This will override any error message provided by the parser's "errorMessageProvider"
+   */
+  ERR_MSG?: string;
+  /**
+   * A label to be used instead of the TokenType name in the created CST.
+   */
+  LABEL?: string;
+}
+
+export interface SubruleMethodOpts<ARGS> {
+  /**
+   * The arguments to parameterized rules, see:
+   * https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/blob/master/examples/parser/parametrized_rules/parametrized.js
+   */
+  ARGS?: ARGS;
+  /**
+   * A label to be used instead of the subrule's name in the created CST.
+   */
+  LABEL?: string;
+}
+
+export declare type GrammarAction<OUT> = () => OUT;
+
+export interface IOrAlt<T> {
+  GATE?: () => boolean;
+  ALT: () => T;
+  /**
+   * A Flag indicating that any ambiguities involving this
+   * specific alternative Should be ignored.
+   *
+   * This flag will be **implicitly** enabled if a GATE is used
+   * as the assumption is that the GATE is used to resolve an ambiguity.
+   */
+  IGNORE_AMBIGUITIES?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface IOrAltWithGate<T> extends IOrAlt<T> {
+  // TODO: deprecate this interface
+}
+
+export interface ICstVisitor<IN, OUT> {
+  visit(cstNode: CstNode | CstNode[], param?: IN): OUT;
+
+  /**
+   * Will throw an error if the visitor is missing any required methods
+   * - `visitXYZ` for each `XYZ` grammar rule.
+   */
+  validateVisitor(): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A [Concrete Syntax Tree](http://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/concrete_syntax_tree.html) Node.
+ * This structure represents the whole parse tree of the grammar
+ * This means that information on each and every Token is present.
+ * This is unlike an AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) where some of the syntactic information is missing.
+ *
+ * For example given an ECMAScript grammar, an AST would normally not contain information on the location
+ * of Commas, Semi colons, redundant parenthesis ect, however a CST would have that information.
+ */
+export interface CstNode {
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly children: CstChildrenDictionary;
+  /**
+   * A flag indicating the whole CSTNode has been recovered during **re-sync** error recovery.
+   * This means that some of the node's children may be missing.
+   * - Note that single token insertion/deletion recovery would not activate this flag.
+   *   This flag would only be activated in **re-sync** recovery when the rule's
+   *   grammar cannot be fully parsed.
+   * - See: https://chevrotain.io/docs/tutorial/step4_fault_tolerance.html
+   *   for more info on error recovery and fault tolerance.
+   */
+  readonly recoveredNode?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Will only be present if the {@link IParserConfig.nodeLocationTracking} is
+   * **not** set to "none".
+   * See: https://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/concrete_syntax_tree.html#cstnodes-location
+   * For more details.
+   */
+  readonly location?: CstNodeLocation;
+}
+
+/**
+ *  The Column/Line properties will only be present when
+ *  The {@link IParserConfig.nodeLocationTracking} is set to "full".
+ */
+export interface CstNodeLocation {
+  startOffset: number;
+  startLine?: number;
+  startColumn?: number;
+  endOffset?: number;
+  endLine?: number;
+  endColumn?: number;
+}
+
+export declare type CstChildrenDictionary = {
+  [identifier: string]: CstElement[];
+};
+
+export declare type CstElement = IToken | CstNode;
+
+export declare type nodeLocationTrackingOptions =
+  | "full"
+  | "onlyOffset"
+  | "none";
+
+export interface IParserConfig {
+  /**
+   * Is the error recovery / fault tolerance of the Chevrotain Parser enabled.
+   */
+  recoveryEnabled?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Maximum number of tokens the parser will use to choose between alternatives.
+   * By default this value is `4`.
+   * In the future it may be reduced to `3` due to performance considerations.
+   */
+  maxLookahead?: number;
+  /**
+   * Enable This Flag to to support Dynamically defined Tokens.
+   * This will disable performance optimizations which cannot work if the whole Token vocabulary is not known
+   * During Parser initialization.
+   *
+   * See [runnable example](https://github.com/chevrotain/chevrotain/tree/master/examples/parser/dynamic_tokens)
+   */
+  dynamicTokensEnabled?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Enable computation of CST nodes location.
+   * By default this is set to "none", meaning this feature is disabled.
+   * See: http://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/concrete_syntax_tree.html#cstnode-location
+   * For more details.
+   */
+  nodeLocationTracking?: nodeLocationTrackingOptions;
+  /**
+   * A custom error message provider.
+   * Can be used to override the default error messages.
+   * For example:
+   *   - Translating the error messages to a different languages.
+   *   - Changing the formatting.
+   *   - Providing special error messages under certain conditions, e.g: missing semicolons.
+   */
+  errorMessageProvider?: IParserErrorMessageProvider;
+  /**
+   * Enabling this flag will print performance tracing logs during parser
+   * Initialization (constructor invocation), this is useful to narrow down the cause
+   * of the initialization performance problem.
+   *
+   * You can also pass a numerical value which affects the verbosity
+   * of the traces, this number is the maximum nesting level of the traces, e.g:
+   * 0: Traces disabled === 'false'
+   * 1: Top Level traces only.
+   * 2: One level of nested inner traces.
+   * ...
+   *
+   * Note that passing the boolean `true` is identical to passing the numerical value `infinity`
+   */
+  traceInitPerf?: boolean | number;
+  /**
+   * This flag will avoid running the grammar validations during Parser initialization.
+   *
+   * This can substantially improve the Parser's initialization (constructor) time.
+   * @see IParserConfig.traceInitPerf to measure the grammar validations cost for your parser.
+   *
+   * Note that the grammar validations are **extremely useful** during development time,
+   * e.g: detecting ambiguities / left recursion.
+   * So they should not be skipped during development flows.
+   *   - For example: via a conditional that checks an env variable.
+   */
+  skipValidations?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * @experimental
+   *
+   * A custom lookahead strategy.
+   * Can be used to override the default LL(*k*) lookahead behavior.
+   *
+   * Note that the default lookahead strategy is very well optimized and using a custom lookahead
+   * strategy might lead to massively reduced performance.
+   */
+  lookaheadStrategy?: ILookaheadStrategy;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A set of methods used to customize parsing error messages.
+ * Call {@link defaultParserErrorProvider} to implement the default behavior
+ */
+export interface IParserErrorMessageProvider {
+  /**
+   * Mismatched Token Error happens when the parser attempted to consume a terminal and failed.
+   * It corresponds to a failed {@link BaseParser.CONSUME} in Chevrotain DSL terms.
+   *
+   * @param options.expected - The expected Token Type.
+   *
+   * @param options.actual - The actual Token "instance".
+   *
+   * @param options.previous - The previous Token "instance".
+   *                                This is useful if options.actual[0] is of type chevrotain.EOF and you need to know the last token parsed.
+   *
+   * @param options.ruleName - The rule in which the error occurred.
+   */
+  buildMismatchTokenMessage(options: {
+    expected: TokenType;
+    actual: IToken;
+    previous: IToken;
+    ruleName: string;
+  }): string;
+  /**
+   * A Redundant Input Error happens when the parser has completed parsing but there
+   * is still unprocessed input remaining.
+   *
+   * @param options.firstRedundant - The first unprocessed token "instance".
+   *
+   * @param options.ruleName - The rule in which the error occurred.
+   */
+  buildNotAllInputParsedMessage(options: {
+    firstRedundant: IToken;
+    ruleName: string;
+  }): string;
+  /**
+   * A No Viable Alternative Error happens when the parser cannot detect any valid alternative in an alternation.
+   * It corresponds to a failed {@link BaseParser.OR} in Chevrotain DSL terms.
+   *
+   * @param options.expectedPathsPerAlt - First level of the array represents each alternative
+   *                           The next two levels represent valid (expected) paths in each alternative.
+   *
+   * @param options.actual - The actual sequence of tokens encountered.
+   *
+   * @param options.previous - The previous Token "instance".
+   *                                This is useful if options.actual[0] is of type chevrotain.EOF and you need to know the last token parsed.
+   *
+   * @param options.customUserDescription - A user may provide custom error message descriptor in the {@link BaseParser.AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP} DSL method
+   *                                        options parameter, this is that custom message.
+   *
+   * @param options.ruleName - The rule in which the error occurred.
+   */
+  buildNoViableAltMessage(options: {
+    expectedPathsPerAlt: TokenType[][][];
+    actual: IToken[];
+    previous: IToken;
+    customUserDescription?: string;
+    ruleName: string;
+  }): string;
+  /**
+   * An Early Exit Error happens when the parser cannot detect the first mandatory iteration of a repetition.
+   * It corresponds to a failed {@link BaseParser.AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP} or {@link BaseParser.AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP} in Chevrotain DSL terms.
+   *
+   * @param options.expectedIterationPaths - The valid (expected) paths in the first iteration.
+   *
+   * @param options.actual - The actual sequence of tokens encountered.
+   *
+   * @param options.previous - The previous Token "instance".
+   *                                This is useful if options.actual[0] is of type chevrotain.EOF and you need to know the last token parsed.
+   *
+   * @param options.customUserDescription - A user may provide custom error message descriptor in the {@link BaseParser.AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP} DSL method
+   *                                        options parameter, this is that custom message.
+   *
+   * @param options.ruleName - The rule in which the error occurred.
+   */
+  buildEarlyExitMessage(options: {
+    expectedIterationPaths: TokenType[][];
+    actual: IToken[];
+    previous: IToken;
+    customUserDescription?: string;
+    ruleName: string;
+  }): string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface ILLkLookaheadValidator {
+  validateNoLeftRecursion(rules: Rule[]): ILookaheadValidationError[];
+
+  validateEmptyOrAlternatives(rules: Rule[]): ILookaheadValidationError[];
+
+  validateAmbiguousAlternationAlternatives(
+    rules: Rule[],
+    maxLookahead: number,
+  ): ILookaheadValidationError[];
+
+  validateSomeNonEmptyLookaheadPath(
+    rules: Rule[],
+    maxLookahead: number,
+  ): ILookaheadValidationError[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface ILLkLookaheadStrategyConstructor {
+  new (options?: {
+    maxLookahead?: number;
+  }): ILookaheadStrategy & ILLkLookaheadValidator;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export const LLkLookaheadStrategy: ILLkLookaheadStrategyConstructor;
+
+/**
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface ILookaheadStrategy {
+  /**
+   * Performs validations on the grammar specific to this lookahead strategy.
+   * This method is not called if parser validations are disabled.
+   *
+   * @param options.rules All parser rules of the grammar.
+   *
+   * @param options.tokenTypes All token types of the grammar.
+   *
+   * @param options.grammarName The name of the grammar.
+   */
+  validate(options: {
+    rules: Rule[];
+    tokenTypes: TokenType[];
+    grammarName: string;
+  }): ILookaheadValidationError[];
+
+  /**
+   * Initializes the lookahead for a grammar.
+   *
+   * Note that this method does not build the lookahead functions.
+   * It only initializes the internal state of the strategy based on all grammar rules.
+   *
+   * @param options.rules All parser rules of the grammar.
+   */
+  initialize?(options: { rules: Rule[] }): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Builds a lookahead function for alternations/`OR` parser methods.
+   *
+   * @param options.prodOccurrence The occurrence number of this `OR` within its rule.
+   *
+   * @param options.rule The rule that contains this `OR`.
+   *
+   * @param options.maxLookahead The maximum amount of lookahead for this `OR`.
+   *
+   * @param options.hasPredicates Whether any of the alternatives contain a predicate.
+   *
+   * @param options.dynamicTokensEnabled Whether dynamic tokens are enabled for this parser.
+   *
+   * @returns A function that is able to compute which of the alternatives to choose while parsing.
+   */
+  buildLookaheadForAlternation(options: {
+    prodOccurrence: number;
+    rule: Rule;
+    maxLookahead: number;
+    hasPredicates: boolean;
+    dynamicTokensEnabled: boolean;
+  }): (orAlts?: IOrAlt<any>[] | undefined) => number | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * Builds a lookahead function for optional productions.
+   *
+   * @param options.prodOccurrence The occurrence number of this production within its rule.
+   *
+   * @param options.prodType The type of this production.
+   *
+   * @param options.rule The rule that contains this production.
+   *
+   * @param options.maxLookahead The maximum amount of lookahead for this production.
+   *
+   * @param options.dynamicTokensEnabled Whether dynamic tokens are enabled for this parser.
+   *
+   * @returns A function is able to compute whether to parse the production or to continue with the rest of the parser rule.
+   */
+  buildLookaheadForOptional(options: {
+    prodOccurrence: number;
+    prodType: OptionalProductionType;
+    rule: Rule;
+    maxLookahead: number;
+    dynamicTokensEnabled: boolean;
+  }): () => boolean;
+}
+
+export interface ILookaheadValidationError {
+  message: string;
+  ruleName?: string;
+}
+
+export type LookaheadSequence = TokenType[][];
+
+export type OptionalProductionType =
+  | "Option"
+  | "RepetitionMandatory"
+  | "RepetitionMandatoryWithSeparator"
+  | "Repetition"
+  | "RepetitionWithSeparator";
+
+export type LookaheadProductionType = OptionalProductionType | "Alternation";
+
+/**
+ * Computes all lookahead paths for a given production.
+ *
+ * The result is a three-dimensional array of token types.
+ * Accessing this array with the index of an alternative of the given production returns a two-dimensional array.
+ * Each entry of this array represents a list of the token types which can occur in this alternative.
+ *
+ * @param options.occurrence The occurrence number of this production within its rule.
+ *
+ * @param options.rule The rule which contains this production.
+ *
+ * @param options.prodType The type of this production.
+ *
+ * @param options.maxLookahead The maximum amount of lookahead for this production.
+ */
+export declare function getLookaheadPaths(options: {
+  occurrence: number;
+  rule: Rule;
+  prodType: LookaheadProductionType;
+  maxLookahead: number;
+}): LookaheadSequence[];
+
+export interface IRecognizerContext {
+  /**
+   * A copy of the parser's rule stack at the "time" the RecognitionException occurred.
+   * This can be used to help debug parsing errors (How did we get here?).
+   */
+  ruleStack: string[];
+  /**
+   * A copy of the parser's rule occurrence stack at the "time" the RecognitionException occurred.
+   * This can be used to help debug parsing errors (How did we get here?).
+   */
+  ruleOccurrenceStack: number[];
+}
+
+export declare type ISeparatedIterationResult<OUT> = {
+  values: OUT[];
+  separators: IToken[];
+};
+
+export interface ISerializedGast {
+  type: ProductionType;
+  definition?: ISerializedGast[];
+}
+
+export type ProductionType =
+  | LookaheadProductionType
+  | "NonTerminal"
+  | "Alternative"
+  | "Terminal"
+  | "Rule";
+
+/**
+ * Structure for the path the parser "took" to reach a certain position
+ * in the grammar.
+ */
+export interface IGrammarPath {
+  /**
+   * The Grammar rules invoked and still unterminated to reach this Grammar Path.
+   */
+  ruleStack: string[];
+  /**
+   * The occurrence index (SUBRULE1/2/3/5/...) of each Grammar rule invoked and still unterminated.
+   * Used to distinguish between **different** invocations of the same subrule at the same top level rule.
+   */
+  occurrenceStack: number[];
+}
+
+export interface ISyntacticContentAssistPath extends IGrammarPath {
+  nextTokenType: TokenType;
+  nextTokenOccurrence: number;
+}
+
+export interface ITokenGrammarPath extends IGrammarPath {
+  lastTok: TokenType;
+  lastTokOccurrence: number;
+}
+
+export declare enum LexerDefinitionErrorType {
+  MISSING_PATTERN = 0,
+  INVALID_PATTERN = 1,
+  EOI_ANCHOR_FOUND = 2,
+  UNSUPPORTED_FLAGS_FOUND = 3,
+  DUPLICATE_PATTERNS_FOUND = 4,
+  INVALID_GROUP_TYPE_FOUND = 5,
+  PUSH_MODE_DOES_NOT_EXIST = 6,
+  MULTI_MODE_LEXER_WITHOUT_DEFAULT_MODE = 7,
+  MULTI_MODE_LEXER_WITHOUT_MODES_PROPERTY = 8,
+  MULTI_MODE_LEXER_DEFAULT_MODE_VALUE_DOES_NOT_EXIST = 9,
+  LEXER_DEFINITION_CANNOT_CONTAIN_UNDEFINED = 10,
+  SOI_ANCHOR_FOUND = 11,
+  EMPTY_MATCH_PATTERN = 12,
+  NO_LINE_BREAKS_FLAGS = 13,
+  UNREACHABLE_PATTERN = 14,
+  IDENTIFY_TERMINATOR = 15,
+  CUSTOM_LINE_BREAK = 16,
+  MULTI_MODE_LEXER_LONGER_ALT_NOT_IN_CURRENT_MODE = 17,
+}
+
+/**
+ * Type of End Of File Token.
+ */
+export declare const EOF: TokenType;
+
+/**
+ * Convenience used to express an **empty** alternative in an OR (alternation).
+ * can be used to more clearly describe the intent in a case of empty alternation.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *
+ * 1. without using EMPTY_ALT:
+ *  ```
+ *    this.OR([
+ *      {ALT: () => {
+ *        this.CONSUME1(OneTok)
+ *        return "1"
+ *      }},
+ *      {ALT: () => {
+ *        this.CONSUME1(TwoTok)
+ *        return "2"
+ *      }},
+ *      // implicitly empty because there are no invoked grammar
+ *      // rules (OR/MANY/CONSUME...) inside this alternative.
+ *      {ALT: () => {
+ *        return "666"
+ *      }},
+ *    ])
+ *  ```
+ *
+ * 2. using EMPTY_ALT:
+ *  ```
+ *    this.OR([
+ *      {ALT: () => {
+ *        this.CONSUME1(OneTok)
+ *        return "1"
+ *      }},
+ *      {ALT: () => {
+ *        this.CONSUME1(TwoTok)
+ *        return "2"
+ *      }},
+ *      // explicitly empty, clearer intent
+ *      {ALT: EMPTY_ALT("666")},
+ *    ])
+ *  ```
+ */
+export declare function EMPTY_ALT(): () => undefined;
+export declare function EMPTY_ALT<T>(value: T): () => T;
+
+/**
+ * This is the default logic Chevrotain uses to construct error messages.
+ * It can be used as a reference or as a starting point customize a parser's
+ * error messages.
+ *
+ * - See: {@link IParserConfig.errorMessageProvider}
+ */
+export declare const defaultParserErrorProvider: IParserErrorMessageProvider;
+
+/**
+ * A Chevrotain Parser runtime exception.
+ */
+export interface IRecognitionException extends Error {
+  name: string;
+  message: string;
+  /**
+   * The token which caused the parser error.
+   */
+  token: IToken;
+  /**
+   * Additional tokens which have been re-synced in error recovery due to the original error.
+   * This information can be used the calculate the whole text area which has been skipped due to an error.
+   * For example for displaying with a red underline in a text editor.
+   */
+  resyncedTokens: IToken[];
+  context: IRecognizerContext;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A utility to detect if an Error is a Chevrotain Parser's runtime exception.
+ */
+export declare function isRecognitionException(error: Error): boolean;
+
+/**
+ * An exception of this type will be saved in {@link BaseParser.errors} when {@link BaseParser.CONSUME}
+ * was called but failed to match the expected Token Type.
+ */
+export declare class MismatchedTokenException
+  extends Error
+  implements IRecognitionException
+{
+  context: IRecognizerContext;
+  resyncedTokens: IToken[];
+  token: IToken;
+  previousToken: IToken;
+
+  constructor(message: string, token: IToken, previousToken: IToken);
+}
+
+/**
+ * An exception of this type will be saved in {@link BaseParser.errors} when {@link BaseParser.OR}
+ * was called yet none of the possible alternatives could be matched.
+ */
+export declare class NoViableAltException
+  extends Error
+  implements IRecognitionException
+{
+  context: IRecognizerContext;
+  resyncedTokens: IToken[];
+  token: IToken;
+  previousToken: IToken;
+
+  constructor(message: string, token: IToken, previousToken: IToken);
+}
+
+/**
+ * An exception of this type will be saved in {@link BaseParser.errors} when
+ * the parser has finished yet there exists remaining input (tokens) that has not processed.
+ */
+export declare class NotAllInputParsedException
+  extends Error
+  implements IRecognitionException
+{
+  context: IRecognizerContext;
+  resyncedTokens: IToken[];
+  token: IToken;
+
+  constructor(message: string, token: IToken);
+}
+
+/**
+ * An exception of this type will be saved in {@link BaseParser.errors} when {@link BaseParser.AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP}
+ * or {@link BaseParser.AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP} was called but failed to match even a single iteration.
+ */
+export declare class EarlyExitException
+  extends Error
+  implements IRecognitionException
+{
+  context: IRecognizerContext;
+  resyncedTokens: IToken[];
+  token: IToken;
+  previousToken: IToken;
+
+  constructor(message: string, token: IToken, previousToken: IToken);
+}
+
+export interface IProduction {
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+export interface IProductionWithOccurrence extends IProduction {
+  idx: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A very basic implementation of a Visitor Pattern
+ * For the Grammar AST structure.
+ *
+ * This may be useful for advanced users who create custom logic on the grammar AST.
+ * For example, custom validations or introspection.
+ */
+export abstract class GAstVisitor {
+  visit(node: IProduction): any;
+
+  abstract visitNonTerminal(node: NonTerminal): any;
+
+  abstract visitAlternative(node: Alternative): any;
+
+  abstract visitOption(node: Option): any;
+
+  abstract visitRepetition(node: Repetition): any;
+
+  abstract visitRepetitionMandatory(node: RepetitionMandatory): any;
+
+  abstract visitRepetitionMandatoryWithSeparator(
+    node: RepetitionMandatoryWithSeparator,
+  ): any;
+
+  abstract visitRepetitionWithSeparator(node: RepetitionWithSeparator): any;
+
+  abstract visitAlternation(node: Alternation): any;
+
+  abstract visitTerminal(node: Terminal): any;
+
+  abstract visitRule(node: Rule): any;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a top level {@link CstParser.RULE} or {@link EmbeddedActionsParser.RULE} call.
+ */
+export declare class Rule {
+  name: string;
+  orgText: string;
+  definition: IProduction[];
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    name: string;
+    definition: IProduction[];
+    orgText?: string;
+  });
+
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a top level {@link CstParser.SUBRULE} or {@link EmbeddedActionsParser.SUBRULE} call.
+ */
+export declare class NonTerminal implements IProductionWithOccurrence {
+  nonTerminalName: string;
+  label?: string;
+  referencedRule: Rule;
+  idx: number;
+  constructor(options: {
+    nonTerminalName: string;
+    label?: string;
+    referencedRule?: Rule;
+    idx?: number;
+  });
+  definition: IProduction[];
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class used to represent a single alternative in an {@link Alternation}.
+ */
+export declare class Alternative {
+  definition: IProduction[];
+  ignoreAmbiguities: boolean;
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    definition: IProduction[];
+    ignoreAmbiguities?: boolean;
+  });
+
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a {@link BaseParser.OPTION} call.
+ */
+export declare class Option implements IProductionWithOccurrence {
+  idx: number;
+  definition: IProduction[];
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    definition: IProduction[];
+    idx?: number;
+    name?: string;
+  });
+
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a {@link BaseParser.AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP} call.
+ */
+export declare class RepetitionMandatory implements IProductionWithOccurrence {
+  idx: number;
+  definition: IProduction[];
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    definition: IProduction[];
+    idx?: number;
+    name?: string;
+  });
+
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a {@link BaseParser.AT_LEAST_ONE_SEP} call.
+ */
+export declare class RepetitionMandatoryWithSeparator
+  implements IProductionWithOccurrence
+{
+  separator: TokenType;
+  idx: number;
+  definition: IProduction[];
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    definition: IProduction[];
+    separator: TokenType;
+    idx?: number;
+    name?: string;
+  });
+
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a {@link BaseParser.MANY} call.
+ */
+export declare class Repetition implements IProductionWithOccurrence {
+  separator: TokenType;
+  idx: number;
+  definition: IProduction[];
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    definition: IProduction[];
+    idx?: number;
+    name?: string;
+  });
+
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a {@link BaseParser.MANY_SEP} call.
+ */
+export declare class RepetitionWithSeparator
+  implements IProductionWithOccurrence
+{
+  separator: TokenType;
+  idx: number;
+  definition: IProduction[];
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    definition: IProduction[];
+    separator: TokenType;
+    idx?: number;
+    name?: string;
+  });
+
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a {@link BaseParser.OR} call.
+ */
+export declare class Alternation implements IProductionWithOccurrence {
+  idx: number;
+  definition: IProduction[];
+
+  constructor(options: { definition: IProduction[]; idx?: number });
+
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The Grammar AST class representing a {@link BaseParser.CONSUME} call.
+ */
+export declare class Terminal implements IProductionWithOccurrence {
+  terminalType: TokenType;
+  label?: string;
+  idx: number;
+  constructor(options: {
+    terminalType: TokenType;
+    label?: string;
+    idx?: number;
+  });
+  accept(visitor: IGASTVisitor): void;
+}
+
+export interface IGASTVisitor {
+  visit(prod: IProduction): any;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a Grammar to a JSON Object.
+ *
+ * This can be useful for scenarios requiring exporting the grammar structure
+ * for example drawing syntax diagrams.
+ */
+export declare function serializeGrammar(topRules: Rule[]): ISerializedGast[];
+
+/**
+ * Like {@link serializeGrammar} but for a single GAST Production instead of a set of Rules.
+ */
+export declare function serializeProduction(node: IProduction): ISerializedGast;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * This function no longer does anything, Avoid using this function
+ * As it will be removed in future versions.
+ */
+export declare function clearCache(): void;
+
+/**
+ * Structure of configuration object for {@link createSyntaxDiagramsCode}
+ */
+export interface ICreateSyntaxDiagramsConfig {
+  /**
+   * Base Url to load the runtime resources for rendering the diagrams
+   */
+  resourceBase?: string;
+  /**
+   * Url to load the styleSheet, replace with your own for styling customization.
+   */
+  css?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Will generate an html source code (text).
+ * This html text will render syntax diagrams for the provided grammar.
+ *
+ * - See detailed docs for [Syntax Diagrams](http://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/generating_syntax_diagrams.html).
+ */
+export declare function createSyntaxDiagramsCode(
+  grammar: ISerializedGast[],
+  config?: ICreateSyntaxDiagramsConfig,
+): string;
+
+/**
+ * Will generate TypeScript definitions source code (text).
+ * For a set of {@link Rule}.
+ *
+ * This set of Rules can be obtained from a Parser **instance** via the
+ * {@link BaseParser.getGAstProductions} method.
+ *
+ * Note that this function produces a **string** the output.
+ * It is the responsibility of the end-user to create the signatures files.
+ *   - e.g: via `fs.writeFileSync()`
+ *
+ * See: https://chevrotain.io/docs/guide/concrete_syntax_tree.html#cst-typescript-signatures
+ */
+export declare function generateCstDts(
+  productions: Record<string, Rule>,
+  options?: GenerateDtsOptions,
+): string;
+
+export declare type GenerateDtsOptions = {
+  /**
+   * `true` by default.
+   * Disable this to prevent the generation of the CSTVisitor interface.
+   * For example, if a different traversal method on the CST has been implemented
+   * by the end-user and the Chevrotain CST Visitor apis are not used.
+   */
+  includeVisitorInterface?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The generated visitor interface will be called `ICstNodeVisitor` by default
+   * This parameter enables giving it a more specific name, for example: `MyCstVisitor` or `JohnDoe`
+   */
+  visitorInterfaceName?: string;
+};