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Infer questions [message #996507]

Wed, 02 January 2013 03:50

Eclipse User

Happy new year everyone!

I'm going to write an inferrer for my dsl and I have some questions that I could not solve with only the help of documentation.

First one:
I need to create static void main() from a feature: how can I add static with .toMethod()?

Second one:
Suppose I have a rule in my dsl like this:

Sequence:
	'SEQ' name=ID '{'
		statements+=Statement*
	'}'
;

Where Statement:

Statement:
	Sequence | others...
;

Sequence must be mapped to a void method and the body of that method is composed from the traslation of statements.
But the problem is this: when inside a Sequence I'll find another Sequence I have to create a method for the new sequence and add a call in super sequence.

For example:

SEQ first {
   instructions...
   SEQ second {
      other instructions....
   }
   instructions...
}

Must generate:

void first(){
   instructions(translated)...
   second();
   instructions(translated)...
}
void second(){
   other instructions(translated)...
}

Is it possible to realize it?

Very thank you, and have a good new year!

Re: Infer questions [message #996662 is a reply to message #996507]

Wed, 02 January 2013 11:32

Eclipse User

Second question solved. Wink

Re: Infer questions [message #996673 is a reply to message #996662]

Wed, 02 January 2013 11:43

Eclipse User

members += f.toMethod(f.name, f.type) [
documentation = f.documentation
for (p : f.params) {
parameters += p.toParameter(p.name, p.parameterType)
}
body = f.body
^static = true
]

Re: Infer questions [message #996967 is a reply to message #996673]

Thu, 03 January 2013 05:01

Eclipse User

Thanks!

But how can I create custom parameter type: I need to create String[] type for args

Re: Infer questions [message #996970 is a reply to message #996967]

Thu, 03 January 2013 05:07

Eclipse User

Hi,

the class TypeReferences is helpful for such things (for creating arrays as well als for "get type by classname")

Re: Infer questions [message #997097 is a reply to message #996507]

Thu, 03 January 2013 11:41

Eclipse User

Thanks again !

A little curiosity: my previous Xtext project doesn't use Xbase and generates C code. Do you think is possible to write a debugger for it?

Re: Infer questions [message #997112 is a reply to message #997097]

Thu, 03 January 2013 13:30

Eclipse User

On 2013-03-01 17:41, Tommaso De Sica wrote:
> Thanks again !
>
> A little curiosity: my previous Xtext project doesn't use Xbase and
> generates C code. Do you think is possible to write a debugger for it?

I assume it would be possible, but the question is how easy it is. You
need to look at how the C debugger works in Eclipse.

Regards
- henrik

Re: Infer questions [message #997165 is a reply to message #996507]

Fri, 04 January 2013 03:49

Eclipse User

And is it possible to debug a dsl that generate java code without using of Xbase?

In this way I can create a simulation environment in java for debug dsl and then (if all is ok), generate the C code.

Re: Infer questions [message #997169 is a reply to message #997165]

Fri, 04 January 2013 04:04

Eclipse User

Everything is possible. It is just a matter Of effort you have To
invest (or what you do (not) get for free)

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Re: Infer questions [message #997195 is a reply to message #997165]

Fri, 04 January 2013 06:55

Eclipse User

On 2013-04-01 9:49, Tommaso De Sica wrote:
> And is it possible to debug a dsl that generate java code without using
> of Xbase?
>
> In this way I can create a simulation environment in java for debug dsl
> and then (if all is ok), generate the C code.
If you write an evaluator, and use the support in the Eclipse debugger
to write a debugger for an interpreter, then it is a moderate effort. If
you want to also step through called java logic in a seamless way, then
it is harder.

- henrik

Re: Infer questions [message #997874 is a reply to message #997165]

Tue, 08 January 2013 18:02

Eclipse User

On 01/04/2013 09:49 AM, Tommaso De Sica wrote:
> And is it possible to debug a dsl that generate java code without using
> of Xbase?
>
> In this way I can create a simulation environment in java for debug dsl
> and then (if all is ok), generate the C code.

Although I didn't make further experiments, in this project

https://github.com/LorenzoBettini/Xtext-Buckminster-Example

the grammar derives from Xbase, but basically does not use its rules
https://github.com/LorenzoBettini/Xtext-Buckminster-Example/blob/master/org.xtext.example.hellobuck/src/org/xtext/example/hellobuck/HelloBuck.xtext

(the DSL in this example is pretty stupid, since that was not the final
subject :)

it then uses the inferrer to generate Java code (you can use it also if
you don't use elements from Xbase):

https://github.com/LorenzoBettini/Xtext-Buckminster-Example/blob/master/org.xtext.example.hellobuck/src/org/xtext/example/hellobuck/jvmmodel/HelloBuckJvmModelInferrer.xtend

since the generation relies on the inferrer you should get also
debugging functionalities, but they are limited, I guess, to the Java
elements you map to your model elements, and for generated Java methods
you will have to deal with trace functionalities yourself (probably
taking inspiration from XbaseCompiler).

cheers
Lorenzo

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Re: Infer questions [message #997933 is a reply to message #997165]

Tue, 08 January 2013 21:28

Eclipse User

On 2013-04-01 9:49, Tommaso De Sica wrote:
> And is it possible to debug a dsl that generate java code without using
> of Xbase?
>
> In this way I can create a simulation environment in java for debug dsl
> and then (if all is ok), generate the C code.

Reading Lorenzos reply, I realized I may have misunderstood your question.
What is it you want to debug? The evaluation of the DSL model, or the
parsing/construction of the model (as done by Xtext). Or put
differently, do you want users of your DSL to be able to debug what they
have written, or do you want to debug the grammar (and model)?

Regards
- henrik

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