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Mon, 08 August 2011 12:50

Eclipse User

Hi,

I'd like to create a rule having mix content of text and nested rules. a la:

Model[
text img text img text ...
]

So I've tried combining them by optional elements. But the grammar
parser always complains on multiple alternatives. How can I solve such
issue?

Here is a sample grammar:

grammar org.xtext.example.mydsl.MyDsl with
org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals
generate myDsl "http://www.xtext.org/example/mydsl/MyDsl"

Model: {Model} "Model";
Element: {Element} content+=Line*;
Line: (content+=Text | content+=Image) ;
Text: text=STRING;
Image: "img[" image=STRING "]";

The parser should be able distingushing between "text" and img[, but he
doesn't :-(

Sven

Re: xtext syntax question [message #713617 is a reply to message #713615]

Mon, 08 August 2011 12:56

Eclipse User

Hi Sven,

the problem is the assignment in the rule Model combined with the
assignment in rule Element.

Please consider the following input:

img img

The parser does not know if you want to have a single element with two
lines or two Elements with one line each.
Your rule 'Element' needs a delimiter at the end to identify when it's
finished or you choose to only have one element in the model.

Hope that helps,
Sebastian
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On 08.08.11 18:50, Sven Krause wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to create a rule having mix content of text and nested rules. a
> la:
>
> Model[
> text img text img text ...
> ]
>
> So I've tried combining them by optional elements. But the grammar
> parser always complains on multiple alternatives. How can I solve such
> issue?
>
> Here is a sample grammar:
>
> grammar org.xtext.example.mydsl.MyDsl with
> org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals
> generate myDsl "http://www.xtext.org/example/mydsl/MyDsl"
>
> Model: {Model} "Model";
> Element: {Element} content+=Line*;
> Line: (content+=Text | content+=Image) ;
> Text: text=STRING;
> Image: "img[" image=STRING "]";
>
> The parser should be able distingushing between "text" and img[, but he
> doesn't :-(
>
> Sven

Re: xtext syntax question [message #713831 is a reply to message #713617]

Tue, 09 August 2011 02:55

Eclipse User

Hi Sebastion,

got it:
The solution is adding extra wrapper types EContent and MixedContent
inbetween:

grammar org.xtext.example.mydsl.MyDsl with
org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals
generate myDsl "http://www.xtext.org/example/mydsl/MyDsl"

Model: {Model} "Model[" elements+=Element* "]";
Element: {Element} content+=EContent*;
EContent: content+=MixedContent;
MixedContent: (content+=Text | content+=Image );
Text: text=STRING;
Image: "img[" image=STRING "]";

by the way:
is there an difference between keyword expression delimited with " and ' ?

Sven

Re: xtext syntax question [message #713838 is a reply to message #713831]

Tue, 09 August 2011 03:05

Eclipse User

Hi Sven,

I'm surprised. Your solution should suffer from the same problems as
your first approach, e.g. rule Element may match the empty input and the
parser cannot decide, how often it should descend into Element coming
from rule Model.

No, there is no difference between 'keyword' and "keyword".

Regards,
Sebastian
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On 09.08.11 08:55, Sven Krause wrote:
> Hi Sebastion,
>
> got it:
> The solution is adding extra wrapper types EContent and MixedContent
> inbetween:
>
> grammar org.xtext.example.mydsl.MyDsl with
> org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals
> generate myDsl "http://www.xtext.org/example/mydsl/MyDsl"
>
> Model: {Model} "Model[" elements+=Element* "]";
> Element: {Element} content+=EContent*;
> EContent: content+=MixedContent;
> MixedContent: (content+=Text | content+=Image );
> Text: text=STRING;
> Image: "img[" image=STRING "]";
>
>
> by the way:
> is there an difference between keyword expression delimited with " and ' ?
>
> Sven

Re: xtext syntax question [message #713891 is a reply to message #713838]

Tue, 09 August 2011 06:07

Eclipse User

Am 09.08.2011 09:05, schrieb Sebastian Zarnekow:
> Hi Sven,
>
> I'm surprised. Your solution should suffer from the same problems as
> your first approach, e.g. rule Element may match the empty input and the
> parser cannot decide, how often it should descend into Element coming
> from rule Model.
>
> No, there is no difference between 'keyword' and "keyword".
>
> Regards,
> Sebastian

Ok Sebastian,

but what is the proposed syntax model for such a construct >"text"
something "text"< ?

Sven

Re: xtext syntax question [message #713992 is a reply to message #713891]

Tue, 09 August 2011 09:36

Eclipse User

Hi Sven,

to begin with, you should either

a) allow only one element in your model rule between the brackets
or
b) make an element consist only of one MixedContent.

Both approaches will lead to a model that contains any number of
MixedContent instances but with a reduced complexity in the structure of
the model.

Does that make sense?

Regards,
Sebastian
--
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On 09.08.11 12:07, Sven Krause wrote:
> Am 09.08.2011 09:05, schrieb Sebastian Zarnekow:
>> Hi Sven,
>>
>> I'm surprised. Your solution should suffer from the same problems as
>> your first approach, e.g. rule Element may match the empty input and the
>> parser cannot decide, how often it should descend into Element coming
>> from rule Model.
>>
>> No, there is no difference between 'keyword' and "keyword".
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sebastian
>
> Ok Sebastian,
>
> but what is the proposed syntax model for such a construct >"text"
> something "text"< ?
>
> Sven

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