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Thu, 09 May 2013 05:53

Eclipse User

Hello everybody,

in XText the first rule of the grammar is the entry rule.
When I use the generated parser in my standalone application I do the
following:

   Resource resource = 
resourceSet.createResource(URI.createURI("file:/example.mydsl"));
   InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(inputString.getBytes());
   resource.load(in, resourceSet.getLoadOptions());
   Model model = (Model) resource.getContents().get(0);

where "Model" is the first rule of my grammar.

I am wondering if it is possible to obtain a parser where the entry rule
is any of the other rules defined in the grammar.
In other words I am wondering if it is possible to know if I can write
something like

   Resource resource = 
resourceSet.createResource(URI.createURI("file:/example.mydsl"));
   InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(inputString.getBytes());
   resource.load(in, resourceSet.getLoadOptions());
   RuleOfChoice parsedRule = (RuleOfChoice) resource.getContents().get(0);

where "RuleOfChoice" is one of the rules defined in mydsl, but it is not
the entry rule.

Thank you for your help

Re: XText entry rule [message #1057849 is a reply to message #1057846]

Thu, 09 May 2013 05:55

Eclipse User

On 05/09/2013 11:53 AM, Alfredo Motta wrote:
> In other words I am wondering if it is possible to know if I can write
> something like

EDIT:
In other words I am wondering if it is possible to write something like:

Re: XText entry rule [message #1057976 is a reply to message #1057849]

Fri, 10 May 2013 05:30

Eclipse User

I will try to explain myself again.

Does XText produce additional parsers apart from the standard one that
starts parsing the input using the entry rule?

In other words I would like to write something like "parse this input
and use the following rule of the grammar as the entry point"

Thank you

On 05/09/2013 11:55 AM, Alfredo Motta wrote:
> On 05/09/2013 11:53 AM, Alfredo Motta wrote:
>> In other words I am wondering if it is possible to know if I can write
>> something like
>
> EDIT:
> In other words I am wondering if it is possible to write something like:

Re: XText entry rule [message #1057988 is a reply to message #1057976]

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:52

Eclipse User

Hi,

did you have a look at the Parser? It has a method parse(ParserRule rule, Reader reader). The parser rule you could obtain from the GrammarAccess of your language.

Alex

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