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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.nashorn.api.scripting;
+
+import jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptRuntime;
+
+/**
+ * Utilities that are to be called from script code
+ */
+public final class ScriptUtils {
+    private ScriptUtils() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Returns AST as JSON compatible string. This is used to
+     * implement "parse" function in resources/parse.js script.
+     *
+     * @param code code to be parsed
+     * @param name name of the code source (used for location)
+     * @param includeLoc tells whether to include location information for nodes or not
+     * @return JSON string representation of AST of the supplied code
+     */
+    public static String parse(final String code, final String name, final boolean includeLoc) {
+        return ScriptRuntime.parse(code, name, includeLoc);
+    }
+}