[antlr-interest] Lexer/Parser invocation

[Micheal J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org 
> [mailto:antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of 
> Bharath Sundararaman
> Sent: 31 January 2005 21:30
> To: ANTLR Interest
> Subject: [antlr-interest] Lexer/Parser invocation
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using ANTLR as my CC tool and I have a routine that 
> passes source code as a string to my compiler. The question 
> is, if I did not want to create instances of the lexer/parser 
> every single time I pass a string, how would I do it?

<SNIP>

> Any ideas?

In C# you can use the resetState() methods thus:
	lexer.resetState(streamOrString);
	parser.resetState();
	parser.topRule();

The implementation of the resetState() methods in C# should tell you all you
need to know.


Alternatively, the ANTLR 2.8experimental release has inbuilt
resetState()-like support for all langauges. It currently uses methods named
reset() however. See Loring's earlier post about when it might be available.

Micheal
ANTLR/C#