# Technical Documentation: doctrine/lexer > ℹ️ **Provenance:** Standard README.md · [CodeWiki Reference](https://codewiki.google/github.com/doctrine/lexer) · Recency: Active (< 180 days) # Doctrine Lexer [](https://github.com/doctrine/lexer/actions) Base library for a lexer that can be used in Top-Down, Recursive Descent Parsers. This lexer is used in Doctrine Annotations and in Doctrine ORM (DQL). https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/lexer.html --- METRICS --- - Files Extracted: 1 - Estimated Token Budget: ~68 tokens - Recency Window: Active (< 180 days) - Canonical Reference: https://codewiki.google/github.com/doctrine/lexer