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package org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.parser;

import groovy.util.GroovyTestCase;
import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ModuleNode;
import org.codehaus.groovy.control.SourceUnit;


/**
 * An abstract base class useful for AST parser related test cases
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:james@coredevelopers.net">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public abstract class TestParserSupport extends GroovyTestCase {

    public ModuleNode parse(String text, String description) throws Exception {
        SourceUnit unit = SourceUnit.create(description, text);
        unit.parse();
        unit.convert();

        return unit.getAST();
    }
}