package exercise.writer;

/**
 * This is the base class that all of the parsers extends due to the 
 * commonality of the Parsers work.
 * @author  Grant K. Olds
 * @version
 * @since   JDK1.2
 */

import java.lang.String;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public abstract class QuestionEntryParser
{
	protected StringBuffer section;
	protected StringBuffer exercise;
	protected StringBuffer question;
	protected StringBuffer hint;
	protected StringTokenizer file;
	
	/**
     * Gets the exercise number
     * @return the number as a string <code>null</code> string otherwise.
     */
   	public String getExercise()
   	{
    	return exercise.toString();
   	}
 

   	/**
     * Gets the section number
     * @return the section as a string <code>null</code> string otherwise.
     */
  
  	public String getSection()
   	{
      	return section.toString();
   	}

   
	/**
     * Gets the question string
     * @return the question. <code>null</code> string otherwise.
     */
   	public String getQuestion()
   	{
    	return question.toString();
   	}
   	
   	/**
    * Gets the hint string
    * @return the question. <code>null</code> string otherwise.
    */
   public String getHint()
   {
      return hint.toString();
   }

	public abstract void parseFile();
}