 Nomenclature question about Parser Rules [message #697764] |
Mon, 18 July 2011 00:59  |
 Mirko Raner
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Hi there,
at my company, we always need to bring new people up to speed with Xtext, and I recently stumbled across a nomenclature question (or maybe a problem with my understanding?) regarding to parser rules:
Parser rules (i.e., rules that generate an EClass) have the subcategories of data type rules (generating EDataType) and enum rules (generating EEnum). However, not all parser rules fall into the category of either data type or enum rules. In fact, the majority of parser rules that I come across in Xtext grammars are just "plain" parser rules. How do you call this type of rules when you are specifically referring to parser rules that are neither data type nor enum rules (i.e., not talking about about parser rules in general).
Sorry for the slightly philosophical nature of this question, but in my experience this type of nomenclature issue makes it sometimes hard to communicate about Xtext...
Any insights? What do YOU call these rules?
Mirko
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| Re: Nomenclature question about Parser Rules [message #697807 is a reply to message #697764] |
Mon, 18 July 2011 05:28  |
Sebastian Zarnekow
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Hi Mirko,
they are called EObject-rules (see
org.eclipse.xtext.GrammarUtil.isEObjectRule(EObject))
Regards,
Sebastian
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On 18.07.11 02:59, Mirko Raner wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> at my company, we always need to bring new people up to speed with
> Xtext, and I recently stumbled across a nomenclature question (or maybe
> a problem with my understanding?) regarding to parser rules:
> Parser rules (i.e., rules that generate an EClass) have the
> subcategories of data type rules (generating EDataType) and enum rules
> (generating EEnum). However, not all parser rules fall into the category
> of either data type or enum rules. In fact, the majority of parser rules
> that I come across in Xtext grammars are just "plain" parser rules. How
> do you call this type of rules when you are specifically referring to
> parser rules that are neither data type nor enum rules (i.e., not
> talking about about parser rules in general).
> Sorry for the slightly philosophical nature of this question, but in my
> experience this type of nomenclature issue makes it sometimes hard to
> communicate about Xtext...
>
> Any insights? What do YOU call these rules?
>
> Mirko
>
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