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Define a grammar to parse Java-Code [message #670365]

Fri, 13 May 2011 16:55

Markus Oley

Messages: 304
Registered: July 2009
Location: Germany

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Hi you all,

I want to write an utility to convert javacode for different issues.
Currently we want to migrate our Junit3-Testcases to Junit4 (later we want to migrate our persistence to hibernate or jpa).

I found a tool, which works with ANTLR, but I have done something with XTEXT before already and I think XText is really better to work with for me.

(1)Does anyone of you now if some grammar already defined to parse java?
(2)Or is there a possibility to convert my old ANTLR-Grammar to XText?

(1) would be the better way, because the ANTLR-grammar is not at all complete.

Any help would be welcome,

Thanks by now,

Markus

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Re: Define a grammar to parse Java-Code [message #670564 is a reply to message #670365]

Sun, 15 May 2011 01:14

Henrik Lindberg

Messages: 2509
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Although fun to write a java grammar in Xtext, your use case sounds like a
good fit for the Modisco project.
- henrik

Markus Oley <forums-noreply@eclipse.org> wrote:
> Hi you all,
> I want to write an utility to convert javacode for different
> issues. Currently we want to migrate our Junit3-Testcases to Junit4
> (later we want to migrate our persistence to hibernate or
> jpa).
> I found a tool, which works with ANTLR, but I have done
> something with XTEXT before already and I think XText is
> really better to work with for me.
> (1)Does anyone of you now if some grammar already defined to
> parse java? (2)Or is there a possibility to convert my old ANTLR-Grammar
> to XText?
>
> (1) would be the better way, because the ANTLR-grammar is
> not at all complete.
> Any help would be welcome,
> Thanks by now,
> Markus

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- henrik

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