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INT terminal rule for negative values [message #907988]

Tue, 04 September 2012 14:00

Robert Wild

Messages: 33
Registered: August 2012

Member

Hi,

is there a way to use negative values with the builtin terminal rule 'INT'? It only seems to accept numbers without a leading minus.

I can build something like this:

SignedInt:
	sign=('-')? value=INT
;

But this does not behave very intuitively in ContentAssist, and the sign has to be parsed manually.

So, is there a better way to do that?

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Re: INT terminal rule for negative values [message #908859 is a reply to message #907988]

Thu, 06 September 2012 06:09

Alexander Nittka

Messages: 1193
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

this is what datatype rules are for.

SignedInt returns ecore::EInt: '-'? INT;

look at the Terminals grammar as you will have to import the Ecore for referencing the return type.

Alex

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Re: INT terminal rule for negative values [message #909036 is a reply to message #908859]

Thu, 06 September 2012 12:52

Robert Wild

Messages: 33
Registered: August 2012

Member

That works fine. Thank you.

To get the contentAssist to propose something one needs to add this to ProposalProvider:

	public void complete_SignedInt(EObject model, RuleCall ruleCall, ContentAssistContext context, ICompletionProposalAcceptor acceptor) {
		complete_INT(model, ruleCall, context, acceptor);
	}

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