private void GenerateNewParserStatesThruShifts(int startIndex, string statePrefix)
{
// Iterate through states (while new ones are created) and create shift transitions and new states
for (int index = startIndex; index < Data.States.Count; index++)
{
var state = Data.States[index];
//Get all possible shifts
foreach (var term in state.BuilderData.ShiftTerms)
{
var shiftItems = state.BuilderData.ShiftItems.SelectByCurrent(term);
//the following constructor assigns Transition prop of items, and adds to state.ShiftTransitions
var trans = new ShiftTransition(state, term, shiftItems);
//Get set of shifted cores and find/create target state
var shiftedCoreItems = shiftItems.GetShiftedCores();
trans.ToState = FindOrCreateState(shiftedCoreItems, statePrefix);
//Create shift action
var newAction = ParserAction.CreateShift(trans.ToState);
state.Actions[term] = newAction;
//Link items in old/new states
foreach (var shiftItem in shiftItems)
{
shiftItem.ShiftedItem = trans.ToState.BuilderData.AllItems.FindByCore(shiftItem.Core.ShiftedItem);
} //foreach shiftItem
} //foreach term
//Setup transitions includes and item lookbacks; we have to do it after the "term loop", when all transitions have been
// already created and are properly added to state items' lookbacks
} //for index
//Now for all newly created states and their transitions, compute transition lookahead sources
// and setup lookbacks and transition includes
ComputeTransitionsLookaheadSources(startIndex);
ComputeItemLookbacksAndTransitionIncludes(startIndex);
}//method