Re: JavaCC as a data translation tool?

Sure! (Ahhh! Finally! An enlightened programmer who sees that
parser generators aren't just for compilers! Kudos!)


Parser-generation tools like JavaCC, PCCTS (my fav -- plug plug!) and
yacc (say it like you've had too much to drink) are really good tools
for any type of structured text processing. (Of course there's a line
somewhere between the realm of programs that would be simpler in
straight perl, but if you need anything more than simple lexical
analysis, a parser-generator is a great tool for the job.)


Personally I prefer PCCTS, (probably partially because I know it well
and I'm writing a nifty debugger for it) but I've heard good things
about JavaCC as well.


For more info on JavaCC and PCCTS, see
    http://www.suntest.com for javaCC
    http://java.magelang.com/antlr/entry.html for PCCTS


-- Scott


Henry B Kon wrote:
>
> Is it an appropriate use of JavaCC to create translators for data to
> move from one database to another. Often there are various
> conditionals and defaults and domain translations as data moves from
> one database to another.
--
Scott Stanchfield Santa Cruz,CA
Visit my PCCTS Tutorial at http://www.scruz.net/~thetick/pcctstut
Visit our new baby at http://www.scruz.net/~thetick/claire


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