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STRINGValueConverter [message #1697216]

Tue, 02 June 2015 13:29

Anakreontas Mentis

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Registered: October 2014

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I have the following rule for matching a String:
terminal STRING : '"' !'"'* '"';

The rule does not support escape sequences; only double quotes have a special meaning.

However, when a parser rule refers to the STRING rule I get an exception with the message:
Invalid escape sequence (valid ones are \b \t ....
defined by the method getInvalidEscapeSequenceMessage of class org.eclipse.xtext.conversion.impl.STRINGValueConverter.

I discovered that if a parser invokes instead a data rule, it works fine. e.g.:
myRule : val = STRING;
fails for input "\_String"
while
myRule2 : val = fstr;
fstr : STRING;
succeeds.

I find this behavior surprising. Why does xtext enforces the lexing rules of Java on the strings and secondly how come a data rule solves the problem?

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Re: STRINGValueConverter [message #1697228 is a reply to message #1697216]

Tue, 02 June 2015 14:48

Sebastian Zarnekow

Messages: 3118
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

The STRINGValueConverter is just the default impl for the default
terminal rule. Feel free to register a custom subtype of the
STRINGValueConverter and bind it in your runtime module.

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Sebastian
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