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Is it possible to pass a token to the parser from a filter rule?

In my filter rule I make calls to various functions to determine if the text string qualifies as a token which I have specified in the parser using the tokens{} construct. If it does, I set the token to the correct type using the $setType() function. However, the token doesn't seem to pass to the parser. Is this because I'm calling $setType() from within a protected rule? I'm am trying to do this in order to eliminate some nondeterminism warnings. Setting the rule as protected and using it as a filter eliminates the warnings.


For example, a key word, if followed by additional variable name characters, should no longer be considered a key word and should be treated as a variable name instead.



In Parser:

token {

OBJ_NAME;

}



In Lexer:

filter = OBJ_NAME_PROTECTED;


CASE : ("case" (CHARACTER | DIGIT)) => "case" (CHARACTER | DIGIT)+ {$setType(OBJ_NAME);}

| "case";


protected OBJ_NAME_PROTECTED: ...$setType(OBJ_NAME);...    <<Less