RE: Java Comment-Preserving Grammar

"Matthew Herrmann" <matt@faredge.com.au>
30 May 2004 13:21:52 -0400

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From: "Matthew Herrmann" <matt@faredge.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 30 May 2004 13:21:52 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 04-05-085 04-05-075
Keywords: Java, parse, summary
Posted-Date: 30 May 2004 13:21:52 EDT

Hi All,


Thankyou to everyone who wrote back to me regarding this problem.


The solution which I got to work (for posterity) was to modify the grammar
to accept my comment tags as modifiers. I'm then browsing the AST and
manually
outputting the requisite code (advantage is simplicity and precise control
over handling of indenting, comments, etc).


I took a look at the JavaFront tool and StrategoXT. They look excellent
for performing global code cleanups and project-specific lint checks
in the future, similar to what the DMS can do (from my reading).


Many thanks again for your time,


Matt

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