//throws RecognitionException, TokenStreamException
        public void template(
            StringTemplateGroupInterface groupI
            )
        {
            IToken  opt = null;
            IToken  name = null;

            HashList formalArgs = new HashList(); // leave blank if no args
            string templateName=null;

            try {      // for error handling
            {
                switch ( LA(1) )
                {
                case LITERAL_optional:
                {
                    opt = LT(1);
                    match(LITERAL_optional);
                    break;
                }
                case ID:
                {
                    break;
                }
                default:
                {
                    throw new NoViableAltException(LT(1), getFilename());
                }
                 }
            }
            name = LT(1);
            match(ID);
            match(LPAREN);
            {
                switch ( LA(1) )
                {
                case ID:
                {
                    formalArgs=args();
                    break;
                }
                case RPAREN:
                {
                    break;
                }
                default:
                {
                    throw new NoViableAltException(LT(1), getFilename());
                }
                 }
            }
            match(RPAREN);
            match(SEMI);

            templateName = name.getText();
            groupI.DefineTemplate(templateName, formalArgs, opt!=null);

            }
            catch (RecognitionException ex)
            {
            reportError(ex);
            recover(ex,tokenSet_1_);
            }
        }