[antlr-interest] Re: Is antlr the right tool for this job?

[lgcraymer]

--- In antlr-interest at yahoogroups.com, William Bland <wjb at a...> wrote:
...
> It looks to me though, like antlr could be the right tool for the job. 
> If I understand correctly, I could generate an AST from our Java source,
> then walk the tree and pull out all the pieces of information I'm
> interested in.
> 
> Does this sound reasonable, or am I wanting antlr to do things it's not
> really designed for?

This is quite reasonable, and not a large task since Ter and others
already maintain a Java grammar (with rather wide-scale usage).  Also,
take a look at O'Connor's Java Cross Reference tool
(<http://www.antlr.org/share/1073500619580/JavaCrossRef.zip>)--you may
be able to use that as a starting point, simplify, then expand.

--Loring

> Thanks very much for your help.
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Bill.
> -- 
> Dr. William Bland                          www.abstractnonsense.com
> Now listening to Nothing (Media player is not running)



 
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