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Inheritance issues in the grammar [message #685336]

Fri, 17 June 2011 09:52

Daniel Santos

Messages: 5
Registered: June 2011

Junior Member

I am working on the grammar and I would like that a type is inherit from common one.
That you can follow my problem here is my grammar:

CommonType:
(AType | BType)
{
"property1" : STRING &
"property2" : STRING &
.....
}
"}";

AType:
"aType:" name=ID "{"
(properties=ATypeProperties)?;

BType:
"bType:" name=ID "{"
(properties=BTypeProperties)?;

ATypeProperties:
.....

BTypeProperties:
....

After generating the grammar model are the Classes AType and BType inherit from CommonType which I like to have. By using this approach the editor in which I use my grammar is source code folding but also text formatting not working properly. The text section folding is only between AType and their properties but not the complet AType element.

Example:

1 | aType: xxxx
2 | {
3 | properties
4 | {
5 | p1:"test"
6 | }
7 | property1:value1
8 | property2:value2
9 |}

Whenever you collapse the element "aType" it will folding from line 1 to 6 and not the total text block.

Can someone help me out on this?

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Re: Inheritance issues in the grammar [message #685367 is a reply to message #685336]

Fri, 17 June 2011 11:16

Christian Dietrich

Messages: 14665
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

a grammar that is actually parseable would help to solve the problem.

~Christian

Twitter : @chrdietrich
Blog : https://www.dietrich-it.de

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Re: Inheritance issues in the grammar [message #685866 is a reply to message #685367]

Mon, 20 June 2011 12:50

Daniel Santos

Messages: 5
Registered: June 2011

Junior Member

So, here is a nice example:

Vehicle:
(Bus | Truck)
"plate:" plate=ID
"model:" model=STRING
"}";

Bus:
"bus:" "{"
"seats:" seats=INT;

Truck:
"truck:" "{"
"maxlength:" maxlenght=INT;

=>

bus: {
seats: 3
plate: LU133223
model: "Audi"
}

Whenever you try to folding the bus element it will collapse just one line of it.

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