def METHOD_NAME(text_or_seq):
    """Build a TagExpression object by parsing the tag-expression (as text).
    :param text_or_seq:
        Tag expression text(s) to parse (as string, sequence<string>).
    :param protocol:  Tag-expression protocol to use.
    :return: TagExpression object to use.
    """
    parse_tag_expression = TagExpressionProtocol.current().select_parser(text_or_seq)
    return parse_tag_expression(text_or_seq)