diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/lexer.js b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/lexer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afd70afc4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/lexer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,460 @@
+import {List, ListWrapper, SetWrapper} from "facade/collection";
+import {FIELD, NumberWrapper, StringJoiner, StringWrapper} from "facade/lang";
+
+// TODO(chirayu): Rewrite as consts when possible.
+export var TOKEN_TYPE_CHARACTER  = 1;
+export var TOKEN_TYPE_IDENTIFIER = 2;
+export var TOKEN_TYPE_KEYWORD    = 3;
+export var TOKEN_TYPE_STRING     = 4;
+export var TOKEN_TYPE_OPERATOR   = 5;
+export var TOKEN_TYPE_NUMBER     = 6;
+
+export class Token {
+  @FIELD('final index:int')
+  @FIELD('final type:int')
+  @FIELD('final _intValue:int')
+  @FIELD('final _strValue:int')
+  constructor(index:number/*int*/, type:number/*int*/, intValue:number/*int*/, strValue:string) {
+    /**
+     * NOTE: To ensure that this constructor creates the same hidden class each time, ensure that
+     * all the fields are assigned to in the exact same order in each run of this constructor.
+     */
+    this.index = index;
+    this.type = type;
+    this._intValue = intValue;
+    this._strValue = strValue;
+  }
+
+  isCharacter(code:number/*int*/):boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_CHARACTER && this._intValue == code);
+  }
+
+  isNumber():boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_NUMBER);
+  }
+
+  isString():boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_STRING);
+  }
+
+  isOperator(operater:string):boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_OPERATOR && this._strValue == operater);
+  }
+
+  isIdentifier():boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_IDENTIFIER);
+  }
+
+  isKeyword():boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_KEYWORD);
+  }
+
+  isKeywordNull():boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_KEYWORD && this._strValue == "null");
+  }
+
+  isKeywordUndefined():boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_KEYWORD && this._strValue == "undefined");
+  }
+
+  isKeywordTrue():boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_KEYWORD && this._strValue == "true");
+  }
+
+  isKeywordFalse():boolean {
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_KEYWORD && this._strValue == "false");
+  }
+
+  toNumber():number/*int*/ {
+    // -1 instead of NULL ok?
+    return (this.type == TOKEN_TYPE_NUMBER) ? this._intValue : -1;
+  }
+
+  toString():string {
+    var type:number/*int*/ = this.type;
+    if (type >= TOKEN_TYPE_CHARACTER && type <= TOKEN_TYPE_STRING) {
+      return this._strValue;
+    } else if (type == TOKEN_TYPE_NUMBER) {
+      return this._intValue.toString();
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function newCharacterToken(index:number/*int*/, code:number/*int*/):Token {
+  return new Token(index, TOKEN_TYPE_CHARACTER, code, StringWrapper.fromCharCode(code));
+}
+
+function newIdentifierToken(index:number/*int*/, text:string):Token {
+  return new Token(index, TOKEN_TYPE_IDENTIFIER, 0, text);
+}
+
+function newKeywordToken(index:number/*int*/, text:string):Token {
+  return new Token(index, TOKEN_TYPE_KEYWORD, 0, text);
+}
+
+function newOperatorToken(index:number/*int*/, text:string):Token {
+  return new Token(index, TOKEN_TYPE_OPERATOR, 0, text);
+}
+
+function newStringToken(index:number/*int*/, text:string):Token {
+  return new Token(index, TOKEN_TYPE_STRING, 0, text);
+}
+
+function newNumberToken(index:number/*int*/, n:number/*int*/):Token {
+  return new Token(index, TOKEN_TYPE_NUMBER, n, "");
+}
+
+
+var EOF:Token = new Token(-1, 0, 0, "");
+
+// TODO(chirayu): Rewrite as consts when possible.
+var $EOF       = 0;
+var $TAB       = 9;
+var $LF        = 10;
+var $VTAB      = 11;
+var $FF        = 12;
+var $CR        = 13;
+var $SPACE     = 32;
+var $BANG      = 33;
+var $DQ        = 34;
+var $$         = 36;
+var $PERCENT   = 37;
+var $AMPERSAND = 38;
+var $SQ        = 39;
+var $LPAREN    = 40;
+var $RPAREN    = 41;
+var $STAR      = 42;
+var $PLUS      = 43;
+var $COMMA     = 44;
+var $MINUS     = 45;
+var $PERIOD    = 46;
+var $SLASH     = 47;
+var $COLON     = 58;
+var $SEMICOLON = 59;
+var $LT        = 60;
+var $EQ        = 61;
+var $GT        = 62;
+var $QUESTION  = 63;
+
+var $0 = 48;
+var $9 = 57;
+
+var $A = 65, $B = 66, $C = 67, $D = 68, $E = 69, $F = 70, $G = 71, $H = 72,
+    $I = 73, $J = 74, $K = 75, $L = 76, $M = 77, $N = 78, $O = 79, $P = 80,
+    $Q = 81, $R = 82, $S = 83, $T = 84, $U = 85, $V = 86, $W = 87, $X = 88,
+    $Y = 89, $Z = 90;
+
+var $LBRACKET  = 91;
+var $BACKSLASH = 92;
+var $RBRACKET  = 93;
+var $CARET     = 94;
+var $_         = 95;
+
+var $a =  97, $b =  98, $c =  99, $d = 100, $e = 101, $f = 102, $g = 103,
+    $h = 104, $i = 105, $j = 106, $k = 107, $l = 108, $m = 109, $n = 110,
+    $o = 111, $p = 112, $q = 113, $r = 114, $s = 115, $t = 116, $u = 117,
+    $v = 118, $w = 119, $x = 120, $y = 121, $z = 122;
+
+var $LBRACE = 123;
+var $BAR    = 124;
+var $RBRACE = 125;
+var $TILDE  = 126;
+var $NBSP   = 160;
+
+
+
+export class Scanner {
+  @FIELD('final input:String')
+  @FIELD('final length:int')
+  @FIELD('peek:int')
+  @FIELD('index:int')
+
+  constructor(input:string) {
+    this.input = input;
+    this.length = input.length;
+    this.peek = 0;
+    this.index = -1;
+    this.advance();
+  }
+
+  advance() {
+    this.peek = ++this.index >= this.length ? $EOF : StringWrapper.charCodeAt(this.input, this.index);
+  }
+
+
+  scanToken():Token {
+    var input = this.input,
+        length = this.length,
+        peek = this.peek,
+        index = this.index;
+
+    // Skip whitespace.
+    while (peek <= $SPACE) {
+      if (++index >= length) {
+        peek = $EOF;
+        break;
+      } else {
+        peek = StringWrapper.charCodeAt(input, index);
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.peek = peek;
+    this.index = index;
+
+    if (index >= length) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    // Handle identifiers and numbers.
+    if (isIdentifierStart(peek)) return this.scanIdentifier();
+    if (isDigit(peek)) return this.scanNumber(index);
+
+    var start:number/*int*/ = index;
+    switch (peek) {
+      case $PERIOD:
+        this.advance();
+        return isDigit(peek) ? scanNumber(start) :
+                               newCharacterToken(start, $PERIOD);
+      case $LPAREN:   case $RPAREN:
+      case $LBRACE:   case $RBRACE:
+      case $LBRACKET: case $RBRACKET:
+      case $COMMA:
+      case $COLON:
+      case $SEMICOLON:
+        return this.scanCharacter(start, peek);
+      case $SQ:
+      case $DQ:
+        return this.scanString();
+      case $PLUS:
+      case $MINUS:
+      case $STAR:
+      case $SLASH:
+      case $PERCENT:
+      case $CARET:
+      case $QUESTION:
+        return this.scanOperator(start, StringWrapper.fromCharCode(peek));
+      case $LT:
+      case $GT:
+      case $BANG:
+      case $EQ:
+        return this.scanComplexOperator(start, $EQ, StringWrapper.fromCharCode(peek), '=');
+      case $AMPERSAND:
+        return this.scanComplexOperator(start, $AMPERSAND, '&', '&');
+      case $BAR:
+        return this.scanComplexOperator(start, $BAR, '|', '|');
+      case $TILDE:
+        return this.scanComplexOperator(start, $SLASH, '~', '/');
+      case $NBSP:
+        while (isWhitespace(this.peek)) this.advance();
+        return this.scanToken();
+    }
+
+    this.error('Unexpected character [$' + StringWrapper.fromCharCode(peek) + ']');
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  scanCharacter(start:number/*int*/, code:number/*int*/):Token {
+    assert(this.peek == code);
+    this.advance();
+    return newCharacterToken(start, code);
+  }
+
+
+  scanOperator(start:number/*int*/, str:string):Token {
+    assert(this.peek == StringWrapper.charCodeAt(str, 0));
+    assert(SetWrapper.has(OPERATORS, str));
+    this.advance();
+    return newOperatorToken(start, str);
+  }
+
+  scanComplexOperator(start:number/*int*/, code:number/*int*/, one:string, two:string):Token {
+    assert(this.peek == StringWrapper.charCodeAt(one, 0));
+    this.advance();
+    var str:string = one;
+    if (this.peek == code) {
+      this.advance();
+      str += two;
+    }
+    assert(SetWrapper.has(OPERATORS, str));
+    return newOperatorToken(start, str);
+  }
+
+  scanIdentifier():Token {
+    assert(isIdentifierStart(this.peek));
+    var start:number/*int*/ = this.index;
+    this.advance();
+    while (isIdentifierPart(this.peek)) this.advance();
+    var str:string = this.input.substring(start, this.index);
+    if (SetWrapper.has(KEYWORDS, str)) {
+      return newKeywordToken(start, str);
+    } else {
+      return newIdentifierToken(start, str);
+    }
+  }
+
+  scanNumber(start:number/*int*/):Token {
+    assert(isDigit(this.peek));
+    var simple:boolean = (this.index === start);
+    this.advance();  // Skip initial digit.
+    while (true) {
+      if (isDigit(this.peek)) {
+        // Do nothing.
+      } else if (this.peek == $PERIOD) {
+        simple = false;
+      } else if (isExponentStart(this.peek)) {
+        this.advance();
+        if (isExponentSign(this.peek)) this.advance();
+        if (!isDigit(this.peek)) this.error('Invalid exponent');
+        simple = false;
+      } else {
+        break;
+      }
+      this.advance();
+    }
+    var str:string = this.input.substring(start, this.index);
+    // TODO
+    var value:number = simple ? NumberWrapper.parseIntAutoRadix(str) : NumberWrapper.parseDouble(str);
+    return newNumberToken(start, value);
+  }
+
+  scanString():Token {
+    assert(this.peek == $SQ || this.peek == $DQ);
+    var start:number/*int*/ = this.index;
+    var quote:number/*int*/ = this.peek;
+    this.advance();  // Skip initial quote.
+
+    var buffer:StringJoiner; //ckck
+    var marker:number/*int*/ = this.index;
+    var input:string = this.input;
+
+    while (this.peek != quote) {
+      if (this.peek == $BACKSLASH) {
+        if (buffer == null) buffer = new StringJoiner();
+        buffer.add(input.substring(marker, this.index));
+        this.advance();
+        var unescapedCode:number/*int*/;
+        if (this.peek == $u) {
+          // 4 character hex code for unicode character.
+          var hex:string = input.substring(this.index + 1, this.index + 5);
+          unescapedCode = NumberWrapper.parseInt(hex, 16);
+          for (var i:number/*int*/ = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            this.advance();
+          }
+        } else {
+          unescapedCode = unescape(this.peek);
+          this.advance();
+        }
+        buffer.add(StringWrapper.fromCharCode(unescapedCode));
+        marker = this.index;
+      } else if (this.peek == $EOF) {
+        this.error('Unterminated quote');
+      } else {
+        this.advance();
+      }
+    }
+
+    var last:string = input.substring(marker, this.index);
+    this.advance();  // Skip terminating quote.
+    var str:string = input.substring(start, this.index);
+
+    // Compute the unescaped string value.
+    var unescaped:string = last;
+    if (buffer != null) {
+      buffer.add(last);
+      unescaped = buffer.toString();
+    }
+    return newStringToken(start, unescaped);
+  }
+
+  error(message:string) {
+    var position:number/*int*/ = this.index + this.offset;
+    throw `Lexer Error: ${message} at column ${position} in expression [${input}]`;
+  }
+}
+
+function isWhitespace(code:number/*int*/):boolean {
+  return (code >= $TAB && code <= $SPACE) || (code == $NBSP);
+}
+
+function isIdentifierStart(code:number/*int*/):boolean {
+  return ($a <= code && code <= $z) ||
+         ($A <= code && code <= $Z) ||
+         (code == $_) ||
+         (code == $$);
+}
+
+function isIdentifierPart(code:number/*int*/):boolean {
+  return ($a <= code && code <= $z) ||
+         ($A <= code && code <= $Z) ||
+         ($0 <= code && code <= $9) ||
+         (code == $_) ||
+         (code == $$);
+}
+
+function isDigit(code:number/*int*/):boolean {
+  return $0 <= code && code <= $9;
+}
+
+function isExponentStart(code:number/*int*/):boolean {
+  return code == $e || code == $E;
+}
+
+function isExponentSign(code:number/*int*/):boolean {
+  return code == $MINUS || code == $PLUS;
+}
+
+function unescape(code:number/*int*/):number/*int*/ {
+  switch(code) {
+    case $n: return $LF;
+    case $f: return $FF;
+    case $r: return $CR;
+    case $t: return $TAB;
+    case $v: return $VTAB;
+    default: return code;
+  }
+}
+
+var OPERATORS = SetWrapper.createFromList([
+  '+',
+  '-',
+  '*',
+  '/',
+  '~/',
+  '%',
+  '^',
+  '=',
+  '==',
+  '!=',
+  '<',
+  '>',
+  '<=',
+  '>=',
+  '&&',
+  '||',
+  '&',
+  '|',
+  '!',
+  '?'
+]);
+
+
+var KEYWORDS = SetWrapper.createFromList([
+    'null',
+    'undefined',
+    'true',
+    'false',
+]);
+
+
+export function Lexer(text:string):List {
+  var scanner:Scanner = new Scanner(text);
+  var tokens:List<Token> = [];
+  var token:Token = scanner.scanToken();
+  while (token != null) {
+    ListWrapper.push(tokens, token);
+    token = scanner.scanToken();
+  }
+  return tokens;
+}
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/parser.js b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..465d66a8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export class Parser {
+}
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/test/parser/lexer_spec.js b/modules/change_detection/test/parser/lexer_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55b0ca86e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/change_detection/test/parser/lexer_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import {describe, it, expect} from 'test_lib/test_lib';
+import {Lexer, Scanner, Token} from 'change_detection/parser/lexer';
+import {DOM} from 'facade/dom';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from "facade/collection";
+import {StringWrapper} from "facade/lang";
+
+function expectToken(token, index) {
+  expect(token instanceof Token).toBe(true);
+  expect(token.index).toEqual(index);
+}
+
+function expectCharacterToken(token, index, character) {
+  expect(character.length).toBe(1);
+  expectToken(token, index);
+  expect(token.isCharacter(StringWrapper.charCodeAt(character, 0))).toBe(true);
+}
+
+function expectOperatorToken(token, index, operator) {
+  expectToken(token, index);
+  expect(token.isOperator(operator)).toBe(true);
+}
+
+function expectNumberToken(token, index, n) {
+  expectToken(token, index);
+  expect(token.isNumber()).toBe(true);
+  expect(token.toNumber()).toBe(n);
+}
+
+function expectStringToken(token, index, str) {
+  expectToken(token, index);
+  expect(token.isString()).toBe(true);
+  expect(token.toString()).toBe(str);
+}
+
+function expectIdentifierToken(token, index, identifier) {
+  expectToken(token, index);
+  expect(token.isIdentifier()).toBe(true);
+  expect(token.toString()).toEqual(identifier);
+}
+
+function expectKeywordToken(token, index, keyword) {
+  expectToken(token, index);
+  expect(token.isKeyword()).toBe(true);
+  expect(token.toString()).toEqual(keyword);
+}
+
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('lexer', function() {
+    describe('token', function() {
+      it('should tokenize a simple identifier', function() {
+        var tokens:List<int> = Lexer("j");
+        expect(tokens.length).toEqual(1);
+        expectIdentifierToken(tokens[0], 0, 'j');
+      });
+
+      it('should tokenize a dotted identifier', function() {
+        var tokens:List<int> = Lexer("j.k");
+        expect(tokens.length).toEqual(3);
+        expectIdentifierToken(tokens[0], 0, 'j');
+        expectCharacterToken (tokens[1], 1, '.');
+        expectIdentifierToken(tokens[2], 2, 'k');
+      });
+
+      it('should tokenize an operator', function() {
+        var tokens:List<int> = Lexer("j-k");
+        expect(tokens.length).toEqual(3);
+        expectOperatorToken(tokens[1], 1, '-');
+      });
+
+      it('should tokenize an indexed operator', function() {
+        var tokens:List<int> = Lexer("j[k]");
+        expect(tokens.length).toEqual(4);
+        expectCharacterToken(tokens[1], 1, "[");
+        expectCharacterToken(tokens[3], 3, "]");
+      });
+
+      it('should tokenize numbers', function() {
+        var tokens:List<int> = Lexer("88");
+        expect(tokens.length).toEqual(1);
+        expectNumberToken(tokens[0], 0, 88);
+      });
+
+      it('should tokenize numbers within index ops', function() {
+        expectNumberToken(Lexer("a[22]")[2], 2, 22);
+      });
+
+      it('should tokenize simple quoted strings', function() {
+        expectStringToken(Lexer('"a"')[0], 0, "a");
+      });
+
+      it('should tokenize quoted strings with escaped quotes', function() {
+        expectStringToken(Lexer('"a\\""')[0], 0, 'a"');
+      });
+
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/facade/src/collection.dart b/modules/facade/src/collection.dart
index 36341c1629..add05568e3 100644
--- a/modules/facade/src/collection.dart
+++ b/modules/facade/src/collection.dart
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ class ListWrapper {
   static get(m, k) => m[k];
   static void set(m, k, v) { m[k] = v; }
   static contains(m, k) => m.containsKey(k);
+  static void push(List l, e) { l.add(e); }
+}
+
+class SetWrapper {
+  static Set createFromList(List l) { return new Set.from(l); }
+  static bool has(Set s, key) { return s.contains(key); }
 }
diff --git a/modules/facade/src/collection.es6 b/modules/facade/src/collection.es6
index b0199a2148..a8e53a69d0 100644
--- a/modules/facade/src/collection.es6
+++ b/modules/facade/src/collection.es6
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@ export class ListWrapper {
   static clone(array) {
     return Array.prototype.slice.call(array, 0);
   }
+  static push(l, e) { l.push(e); }
+}
+
+export class SetWrapper {
+  static createFromList(lst:List) { return new Set(lst); }
+  static has(s:Set, key):boolean { return s.has(key); }
 }
diff --git a/modules/facade/src/lang.dart b/modules/facade/src/lang.dart
index b8f72fd59c..82649964ec 100644
--- a/modules/facade/src/lang.dart
+++ b/modules/facade/src/lang.dart
@@ -9,4 +9,40 @@ class FIELD {
 
 class CONST {}
 class ABSTRACT {}
-class IMPLEMENTS {}
\ No newline at end of file
+class IMPLEMENTS {}
+
+
+class StringWrapper {
+  static String fromCharCode(int code) {
+    return new String.fromCharCode(code);
+  }
+
+  static charCodeAt(String s, int index) {
+    return s.codeUnitAt(index);
+  }
+}
+
+class StringJoiner {
+  List<String> _parts = <String>[];
+
+  void add(String part) {
+    _parts.add(part);
+  }
+
+  String toString() => _parts.join("");
+}
+
+
+class NumberWrapper {
+  static int parseIntAutoRadix(String text) {
+    return int.parse(text);
+  }
+
+  static int parseInt(String text, int radix) {
+    return int.parse(text, radix: radix);
+  }
+
+  static double parseFloat(String text) {
+    return double.parse(text);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/facade/src/lang.es6 b/modules/facade/src/lang.es6
index 2d197307f1..af42a1bf82 100644
--- a/modules/facade/src/lang.es6
+++ b/modules/facade/src/lang.es6
@@ -9,4 +9,52 @@ export class FIELD {
 
 export class CONST {}
 export class ABSTRACT {}
-export class IMPLEMENTS {}
\ No newline at end of file
+export class IMPLEMENTS {}
+
+
+export class StringWrapper {
+  static fromCharCode(code:number/*int*/) {
+    return String.fromCharCode(code);
+  }
+
+  static charCodeAt(s:string, index:number/*int*/) {
+    return s.charCodeAt(index);
+  }
+}
+
+export class StringJoiner {
+  constructor() {
+    this.parts = [];
+  }
+
+  add(part:string) {
+    this.parts.push(part);
+  }
+
+  toString():string {
+    return this.parts.join("");
+  }
+}
+
+export class NumberWrapper {
+  static parseIntAutoRadix(text:string):number/*int*/ {
+    var result:number/*int*/ = parseInt(text);
+    if (isNaN(result)) {
+      throw new Error("Invalid integer literal when parsing " + text);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  static parseInt(text:string, radix:number/*int*/):number/*int*/ {
+    var result:number/*int*/ = parseInt(text, radix);
+    if (isNaN(result)) {
+      throw new Error("Invalid integer literal when parsing " + text + " in base " + radix);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // TODO: NaN is a valid literal but is returned by parseFloat to indicate an error.
+  static parseFloat(text:string):number/*int*/ {
+    return parseFloat(text);
+  }
+}