public virtual string Text(GrammarAST t)
        {
            if (t == null)
            {
                return("");
            }

            int tokenStartIndex = t.TokenStartIndex;
            int tokenStopIndex  = t.TokenStopIndex;

            // ignore tokens from existing option subtrees like:
            //    (ELEMENT_OPTIONS (= assoc right))
            //
            // element options are added back according to the values in the map
            // returned by getOptions().
            IntervalSet        ignore          = new IntervalSet();
            IList <GrammarAST> optionsSubTrees = t.GetNodesWithType(ELEMENT_OPTIONS);

            foreach (GrammarAST sub in optionsSubTrees)
            {
                ignore.Add(sub.TokenStartIndex, sub.TokenStopIndex);
            }

            // Individual labels appear as RULE_REF or TOKEN_REF tokens in the tree,
            // but do not support the ELEMENT_OPTIONS syntax. Make sure to not try
            // and add the tokenIndex option when writing these tokens.
            IntervalSet        noOptions       = new IntervalSet();
            IList <GrammarAST> labeledSubTrees = t.GetNodesWithType(new IntervalSet(ASSIGN, PLUS_ASSIGN));

            foreach (GrammarAST sub in labeledSubTrees)
            {
                noOptions.Add(sub.GetChild(0).TokenStartIndex);
            }

            StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
            int           i   = tokenStartIndex;

            while (i <= tokenStopIndex)
            {
                if (ignore.Contains(i))
                {
                    i++;
                    continue;
                }

                IToken tok = tokenStream.Get(i);

                // Compute/hold any element options
                StringBuilder elementOptions = new StringBuilder();
                if (!noOptions.Contains(i))
                {
                    GrammarAST node = t.GetNodeWithTokenIndex(tok.TokenIndex);
                    if (node != null &&
                        (tok.Type == TOKEN_REF ||
                         tok.Type == STRING_LITERAL ||
                         tok.Type == RULE_REF))
                    {
                        elementOptions.Append("tokenIndex=").Append(tok.TokenIndex);
                    }

                    if (node is GrammarASTWithOptions)
                    {
                        GrammarASTWithOptions o = (GrammarASTWithOptions)node;
                        foreach (KeyValuePair <string, GrammarAST> entry in o.GetOptions())
                        {
                            if (elementOptions.Length > 0)
                            {
                                elementOptions.Append(',');
                            }

                            elementOptions.Append(entry.Key);
                            elementOptions.Append('=');
                            elementOptions.Append(entry.Value.Text);
                        }
                    }
                }

                buf.Append(tok.Text); // add actual text of the current token to the rewritten alternative
                i++;                  // move to the next token

                // Are there args on a rule?
                if (tok.Type == RULE_REF && i <= tokenStopIndex && tokenStream.Get(i).Type == ARG_ACTION)
                {
                    buf.Append('[' + tokenStream.Get(i).Text + ']');
                    i++;
                }

                // now that we have the actual element, we can add the options.
                if (elementOptions.Length > 0)
                {
                    buf.Append('<').Append(elementOptions).Append('>');
                }
            }
            return(buf.ToString());
        }