diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler.php b/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa2c2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpParser;
+
+interface ErrorHandler
+{
+    /**
+     * Handle an error generated during lexing, parsing or some other operation.
+     *
+     * @param Error $error The error that needs to be handled
+     */
+    public function handleError(Error $error);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/Collecting.php b/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/Collecting.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99290f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/Collecting.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
+
+use PhpParser\Error;
+use PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Error handler that collects all errors into an array.
+ *
+ * This allows graceful handling of errors.
+ */
+class Collecting implements ErrorHandler
+{
+    /** @var Error[] Collected errors */
+    private $errors = [];
+
+    public function handleError(Error $error) {
+        $this->errors[] = $error;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get collected errors.
+     *
+     * @return Error[]
+     */
+    public function getErrors() {
+        return $this->errors;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether there are any errors.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function hasErrors() {
+        return !empty($this->errors);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset/clear collected errors.
+     */
+    public function clearErrors() {
+        $this->errors = [];
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/Throwing.php b/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/Throwing.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5a76dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/Throwing.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
+
+use PhpParser\Error;
+use PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Error handler that handles all errors by throwing them.
+ *
+ * This is the default strategy used by all components.
+ */
+class Throwing implements ErrorHandler
+{
+    public function handleError(Error $error) {
+        throw $error;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Lexer.php b/lib/PhpParser/Lexer.php
index 4c0da5b..a304730 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Lexer.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Lexer.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class Lexer
 {
     protected $code;
     protected $tokens;
-    protected $errors;
     protected $pos;
     protected $line;
     protected $filePos;
@@ -54,13 +53,18 @@ class Lexer
      * the getErrors() method.
      *
      * @param string $code The source code to lex
+     * @param ErrorHandler|null $errorHandler Error handler to use for lexing errors. Defaults to
+     *                                        ErrorHandler\Throwing
      */
-    public function startLexing($code) {
+    public function startLexing($code, ErrorHandler $errorHandler = null) {
+        if (null === $errorHandler) {
+            $errorHandler = new ErrorHandler\Throwing();
+        }
+
         $this->code = $code; // keep the code around for __halt_compiler() handling
         $this->pos  = -1;
         $this->line =  1;
         $this->filePos = 0;
-        $this->errors = [];
 
         // If inline HTML occurs without preceding code, treat it as if it had a leading newline.
         // This ensures proper composability, because having a newline is the "safe" assumption.
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ class Lexer
 
         $this->resetErrors();
         $this->tokens = @token_get_all($code);
-        $this->handleErrors();
+        $this->handleErrors($errorHandler);
 
         if (false !== $scream) {
             ini_set('xdebug.scream', $scream);
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ class Lexer
         }
     }
 
-    private function handleInvalidCharacterRange($start, $end, $line) {
+    private function handleInvalidCharacterRange($start, $end, $line, ErrorHandler $errorHandler) {
         for ($i = $start; $i < $end; $i++) {
             $chr = $this->code[$i];
             if ($chr === 'b' || $chr === 'B') {
@@ -105,12 +109,12 @@ class Lexer
                 );
             }
 
-            $this->errors[] = new Error($errorMsg, [
+            $errorHandler->handleError(new Error($errorMsg, [
                 'startLine' => $line,
                 'endLine' => $line,
                 'startFilePos' => $i,
                 'endFilePos' => $i,
-            ]);
+            ]));
         }
     }
 
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ class Lexer
             && false === strpos($error['message'], 'Undefined variable');
     }
 
-    protected function handleErrors() {
+    protected function handleErrors(ErrorHandler $errorHandler) {
         if (!$this->errorMayHaveOccurred()) {
             return;
         }
@@ -151,7 +155,8 @@ class Lexer
             if (substr($this->code, $filePos, $tokenLen) !== $tokenValue) {
                 // Something is missing, must be an invalid character
                 $nextFilePos = strpos($this->code, $tokenValue, $filePos);
-                $this->handleInvalidCharacterRange($filePos, $nextFilePos, $line);
+                $this->handleInvalidCharacterRange(
+                    $filePos, $nextFilePos, $line, $errorHandler);
                 $filePos = $nextFilePos;
             }
 
@@ -163,19 +168,20 @@ class Lexer
             if (substr($this->code, $filePos, 2) === '/*') {
                 // Unlike PHP, HHVM will drop unterminated comments entirely
                 $comment = substr($this->code, $filePos);
-                $this->errors[] = new Error('Unterminated comment', [
+                $errorHandler->handleError(new Error('Unterminated comment', [
                     'startLine' => $line,
                     'endLine' => $line + substr_count($comment, "\n"),
                     'startFilePos' => $filePos,
                     'endFilePos' => $filePos + \strlen($comment),
-                ]);
+                ]));
 
                 // Emulate the PHP behavior
                 $isDocComment = isset($comment[3]) && $comment[3] === '*';
                 $this->tokens[] = [$isDocComment ? T_DOC_COMMENT : T_COMMENT, $comment, $line];
             } else {
                 // Invalid characters at the end of the input
-                $this->handleInvalidCharacterRange($filePos, \strlen($this->code), $line);
+                $this->handleInvalidCharacterRange(
+                    $filePos, \strlen($this->code), $line, $errorHandler);
             }
             return;
         }
@@ -183,12 +189,12 @@ class Lexer
         // Check for unterminated comment
         $lastToken = $this->tokens[count($this->tokens) - 1];
         if ($this->isUnterminatedComment($lastToken)) {
-            $this->errors[] = new Error('Unterminated comment', [
+            $errorHandler->handleError(new Error('Unterminated comment', [
                 'startLine' => $line - substr_count($lastToken[1], "\n"),
                 'endLine' => $line,
                 'startFilePos' => $filePos - \strlen($lastToken[1]),
                 'endFilePos' => $filePos,
-            ]);
+            ]));
         }
     }
 
@@ -302,15 +308,6 @@ class Lexer
         return $this->tokens;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns errors that occurred during lexing.
-     *
-     * @return Error[] Array of lexer errors
-     */
-    public function getErrors() {
-        return $this->errors;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Handles __halt_compiler() by returning the text after it.
      *
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Lexer/Emulative.php b/lib/PhpParser/Lexer/Emulative.php
index 03ca7d0..739a328 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Lexer/Emulative.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Lexer/Emulative.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace PhpParser\Lexer;
 
+use PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
 use PhpParser\Parser\Tokens;
 
 class Emulative extends \PhpParser\Lexer
@@ -50,10 +51,10 @@ class Emulative extends \PhpParser\Lexer
         $this->tokenMap[self::T_POW_EQUAL] = Tokens::T_POW_EQUAL;
     }
 
-    public function startLexing($code) {
+    public function startLexing($code, ErrorHandler $errorHandler = null) {
         $this->inObjectAccess = false;
 
-        parent::startLexing($code);
+        parent::startLexing($code, $errorHandler);
         if ($this->requiresEmulation($code)) {
             $this->emulateTokens();
         }
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/NodeTraverser.php b/lib/PhpParser/NodeTraverser.php
index 6a21aed..3b63776 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/NodeTraverser.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/NodeTraverser.php
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ namespace PhpParser;
 
 class NodeTraverser implements NodeTraverserInterface
 {
-    /**
-     * @var NodeVisitor[] Visitors
-     */
+    /** @var NodeVisitor[] Visitors */
     protected $visitors;
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/NodeVisitor/NameResolver.php b/lib/PhpParser/NodeVisitor/NameResolver.php
index f853ba7..02ec1c8 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/NodeVisitor/NameResolver.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/NodeVisitor/NameResolver.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace PhpParser\NodeVisitor;
 
+use PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
 use PhpParser\NodeVisitorAbstract;
 use PhpParser\Error;
 use PhpParser\Node;
@@ -18,6 +19,18 @@ class NameResolver extends NodeVisitorAbstract
     /** @var array Map of format [aliasType => [aliasName => originalName]] */
     protected $aliases;
 
+    /** @var ErrorHandler Error handler */
+    protected $errorHandler;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a name resolution visitor.
+     *
+     * @param ErrorHandler|null $errorHandler Error handler
+     */
+    public function __construct(ErrorHandler $errorHandler = null) {
+        $this->errorHandler = $errorHandler ?: new ErrorHandler\Throwing;
+    }
+
     public function beforeTraverse(array $nodes) {
         $this->resetState();
     }
@@ -132,13 +145,14 @@ class NameResolver extends NodeVisitorAbstract
                 Stmt\Use_::TYPE_CONSTANT => 'const ',
             );
 
-            throw new Error(
+            $this->errorHandler->handleError(new Error(
                 sprintf(
                     'Cannot use %s%s as %s because the name is already in use',
                     $typeStringMap[$type], $name, $use->alias
                 ),
-                $use->getLine()
-            );
+                $use->getAttributes()
+            ));
+            return;
         }
 
         $this->aliases[$type][$aliasName] = $name;
@@ -160,10 +174,10 @@ class NameResolver extends NodeVisitorAbstract
         // don't resolve special class names
         if (in_array(strtolower($name->toString()), array('self', 'parent', 'static'))) {
             if (!$name->isUnqualified()) {
-                throw new Error(
+                $this->errorHandler->handleError(new Error(
                     sprintf("'\\%s' is an invalid class name", $name->toString()),
-                    $name->getLine()
-                );
+                    $name->getAttributes()
+                ));
             }
 
             return $name;
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Parser.php b/lib/PhpParser/Parser.php
index 67913c9..fb7dcad 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Parser.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Parser.php
@@ -7,18 +7,11 @@ interface Parser {
      * Parses PHP code into a node tree.
      *
      * @param string $code The source code to parse
+     * @param ErrorHandler|null $errorHandler Error handler to use for lexer/parser errors, defaults
+     *                                        to ErrorHandler\Throwing.
      *
      * @return Node[]|null Array of statements (or null if the 'throwOnError' option is disabled and the parser was
      *                     unable to recover from an error).
      */
-    public function parse($code);
-
-    /**
-     * Get array of errors that occurred during the last parse.
-     *
-     * This method may only return multiple errors if the 'throwOnError' option is disabled.
-     *
-     * @return Error[]
-     */
-    public function getErrors();
+    public function parse($code, ErrorHandler $errorHandler = null);
 }
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Multiple.php b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Multiple.php
index 95446e2..25296a4 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Multiple.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Multiple.php
@@ -3,61 +3,52 @@
 namespace PhpParser\Parser;
 
 use PhpParser\Error;
+use PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
 use PhpParser\Parser;
 
 class Multiple implements Parser {
     /** @var Parser[] List of parsers to try, in order of preference */
     private $parsers;
-    /** @var Error[] Errors collected during last parse */
-    private $errors;
 
     /**
      * Create a parser which will try multiple parsers in an order of preference.
      *
      * Parsers will be invoked in the order they're provided to the constructor. If one of the
-     * parsers runs without errors, it's output is returned. Otherwise the errors (and
-     * PhpParser\Error exception) of the first parser are used.
+     * parsers runs without throwing, it's output is returned. Otherwise the exception that the
+     * first parser generated is thrown.
      *
      * @param Parser[] $parsers
      */
     public function __construct(array $parsers) {
         $this->parsers = $parsers;
-        $this->errors = [];
     }
 
-    public function parse($code) {
-        list($firstStmts, $firstErrors, $firstError) = $this->tryParse($this->parsers[0], $code);
-        if ($firstErrors === []) {
-            $this->errors = [];
+    public function parse($code, ErrorHandler $errorHandler = null) {
+        if (null === $errorHandler) {
+            $errorHandler = new ErrorHandler\Throwing;
+        }
+
+        list($firstStmts, $firstError) = $this->tryParse($this->parsers[0], $errorHandler, $code);
+        if ($firstError === null) {
             return $firstStmts;
         }
 
         for ($i = 1, $c = count($this->parsers); $i < $c; ++$i) {
-            list($stmts, $errors) = $this->tryParse($this->parsers[$i], $code);
-            if ($errors === []) {
-                $this->errors = [];
+            list($stmts, $error) = $this->tryParse($this->parsers[$i], $errorHandler, $code);
+            if ($error === null) {
                 return $stmts;
             }
         }
 
-        $this->errors = $firstErrors;
-        if ($firstError) {
-            throw $firstError;
-        }
-        return $firstStmts;
+        throw $firstError;
     }
 
-    public function getErrors() {
-        return $this->errors;
-    }
-
-    private function tryParse(Parser $parser, $code) {
+    private function tryParse(Parser $parser, ErrorHandler $errorHandler, $code) {
         $stmts = null;
         $error = null;
         try {
-            $stmts = $parser->parse($code);
+            $stmts = $parser->parse($code, $errorHandler);
         } catch (Error $error) {}
-        $errors = $parser->getErrors();
-        return [$stmts, $errors, $error];
+        return [$stmts, $error];
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/ParserAbstract.php b/lib/PhpParser/ParserAbstract.php
index c018c1d..cf4a2ed 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/ParserAbstract.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/ParserAbstract.php
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ abstract class ParserAbstract implements Parser
     /** @var array Start attributes of last *read* token */
     protected $lookaheadStartAttributes;
 
-    /** @var bool Whether to throw on first error */
-    protected $throwOnError;
+    /** @var ErrorHandler Error handler */
+    protected $errorHandler;
     /** @var Error[] Errors collected during last parse */
     protected $errors;
     /** @var int Error state, used to avoid error floods */
@@ -114,42 +114,36 @@ abstract class ParserAbstract implements Parser
      * Creates a parser instance.
      *
      * @param Lexer $lexer A lexer
-     * @param array $options Options array. The boolean 'throwOnError' option determines whether an exception should be
-     *                       thrown on first error, or if the parser should try to continue parsing the remaining code
-     *                       and build a partial AST.
+     * @param array $options Options array. Currently no options are supported.
      */
     public function __construct(Lexer $lexer, array $options = array()) {
         $this->lexer = $lexer;
         $this->errors = array();
-        $this->throwOnError = isset($options['throwOnError']) ? $options['throwOnError'] : true;
-    }
 
-    /**
-     * Get array of errors that occurred during the last parse.
-     *
-     * This method may only return multiple errors if the 'throwOnError' option is disabled.
-     *
-     * @return Error[]
-     */
-    public function getErrors() {
-        return $this->errors;
+        if (isset($options['throwOnError'])) {
+            throw new \LogicException(
+                '"throwOnError" is no longer supported, use "errorHandler" instead');
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * Parses PHP code into a node tree.
      *
+     * If a non-throwing error handler is used, the parser will continue parsing after an error
+     * occurred and attempt to build a partial AST.
+     *
      * @param string $code The source code to parse
+     * @param ErrorHandler|null $errorHandler Error handler to use for lexer/parser errors, defaults
+     *                                        to ErrorHandler\Throwing.
      *
      * @return Node[]|null Array of statements (or null if the 'throwOnError' option is disabled and the parser was
      *                     unable to recover from an error).
      */
-    public function parse($code) {
-        // Initialize the lexer and inherit lexing errors
-        $this->lexer->startLexing($code);
-        $this->errors = $this->lexer->getErrors();
-        if ($this->throwOnError && !empty($this->errors)) {
-            throw $this->errors[0];
-        }
+    public function parse($code, ErrorHandler $errorHandler = null) {
+        $this->errorHandler = $errorHandler ?: new ErrorHandler\Throwing;
+
+        // Initialize the lexer
+        $this->lexer->startLexing($code, $this->errorHandler);
 
         // We start off with no lookahead-token
         $symbol = self::SYMBOL_NONE;
@@ -346,10 +340,7 @@ abstract class ParserAbstract implements Parser
     }
 
     protected function emitError(Error $error) {
-        $this->errors[] = $error;
-        if ($this->throwOnError) {
-            throw $error;
-        }
+        $this->errorHandler->handleError($error);
     }
 
     protected function getErrorMessage($symbol, $state) {
diff --git a/test/PhpParser/CodeParsingTest.php b/test/PhpParser/CodeParsingTest.php
index d17507b..904f92c 100644
--- a/test/PhpParser/CodeParsingTest.php
+++ b/test/PhpParser/CodeParsingTest.php
@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@ class CodeParsingTest extends CodeTestAbstract
         $lexer = new Lexer\Emulative(array('usedAttributes' => array(
             'startLine', 'endLine', 'startFilePos', 'endFilePos', 'comments'
         )));
-        $parser5 = new Parser\Php5($lexer, array(
-            'throwOnError' => false,
-        ));
-        $parser7 = new Parser\Php7($lexer, array(
-            'throwOnError' => false,
-        ));
+        $parser5 = new Parser\Php5($lexer);
+        $parser7 = new Parser\Php7($lexer);
 
         $output5 = $this->getParseOutput($parser5, $code);
         $output7 = $this->getParseOutput($parser7, $code);
@@ -38,11 +34,11 @@ class CodeParsingTest extends CodeTestAbstract
     }
 
     private function getParseOutput(Parser $parser, $code) {
-        $stmts = $parser->parse($code);
-        $errors = $parser->getErrors();
+        $errors = new ErrorHandler\Collecting;
+        $stmts = $parser->parse($code, $errors);
 
         $output = '';
-        foreach ($errors as $error) {
+        foreach ($errors->getErrors() as $error) {
             $output .= $this->formatErrorMessage($error, $code) . "\n";
         }
 
diff --git a/test/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/CollectingTest.php b/test/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/CollectingTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3742981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/CollectingTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
+
+use PhpParser\Error;
+
+class CollectingTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+    public function testHandleError() {
+        $errorHandler = new Collecting();
+        $this->assertFalse($errorHandler->hasErrors());
+        $this->assertEmpty($errorHandler->getErrors());
+
+        $errorHandler->handleError($e1 = new Error('Test 1'));
+        $errorHandler->handleError($e2 = new Error('Test 2'));
+        $this->assertTrue($errorHandler->hasErrors());
+        $this->assertSame([$e1, $e2], $errorHandler->getErrors());
+
+        $errorHandler->clearErrors();
+        $this->assertFalse($errorHandler->hasErrors());
+        $this->assertEmpty($errorHandler->getErrors());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/ThrowingTest.php b/test/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/ThrowingTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7df7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/PhpParser/ErrorHandler/ThrowingTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpParser\ErrorHandler;
+
+use PhpParser\Error;
+
+class ThrowingTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \PhpParser\Error
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Test
+     */
+    public function testHandleError() {
+        $errorHandler = new Throwing();
+        $errorHandler->handleError(new Error('Test'));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/PhpParser/LexerTest.php b/test/PhpParser/LexerTest.php
index f81757f..d2f570e 100644
--- a/test/PhpParser/LexerTest.php
+++ b/test/PhpParser/LexerTest.php
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ class LexerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $this->markTestSkipped('HHVM does not throw warnings from token_get_all()');
         }
 
+        $errorHandler = new ErrorHandler\Collecting();
         $lexer = $this->getLexer(['usedAttributes' => [
             'comments', 'startLine', 'endLine', 'startFilePos', 'endFilePos'
         ]]);
-        $lexer->startLexing($code);
-        $errors = $lexer->getErrors();
+        $lexer->startLexing($code, $errorHandler);
+        $errors = $errorHandler->getErrors();
 
         $this->assertSame(count($messages), count($errors));
         for ($i = 0; $i < count($messages); $i++) {
diff --git a/test/PhpParser/Parser/MultipleTest.php b/test/PhpParser/Parser/MultipleTest.php
index e2722c3..2394467 100644
--- a/test/PhpParser/Parser/MultipleTest.php
+++ b/test/PhpParser/Parser/MultipleTest.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class MultipleTest extends ParserTest {
     /** @dataProvider provideTestParse */
     public function testParse($code, Multiple $parser, $expected) {
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $parser->parse($code));
-        $this->assertSame([], $parser->getErrors());
     }
 
     public function provideTestParse() {
@@ -92,22 +91,4 @@ class MultipleTest extends ParserTest {
         $parser = new Multiple([$parserA, $parserB]);
         $parser->parse('dummy');
     }
-
-    public function testGetErrors() {
-        $errorsA = [new Error('A1'), new Error('A2')];
-        $parserA = $this->getMockBuilder('PhpParser\Parser')->getMock();
-        $parserA->expects($this->at(0))->method('parse');
-        $parserA->expects($this->at(1))
-            ->method('getErrors')->will($this->returnValue($errorsA));
-
-        $errorsB = [new Error('B1'), new Error('B2')];
-        $parserB = $this->getMockBuilder('PhpParser\Parser')->getMock();
-        $parserB->expects($this->at(0))->method('parse');
-        $parserB->expects($this->at(1))
-            ->method('getErrors')->will($this->returnValue($errorsB));
-
-        $parser = new Multiple([$parserA, $parserB]);
-        $parser->parse('dummy');
-        $this->assertSame($errorsA, $parser->getErrors());
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file