[antlr-interest] Are token aliases possible?

[Christian]

CLASS is only the token name. However, CLASS_DECL represents the
semantics of what was parsed. It allows to be more consequent when
analyzing the generated AST by names like CLASS_DECL, METHOD_DECL,
FIELD_DECL etc.

Example:

switch (node.getType()) {
   case CsRewriteRulesParser.NAMESPACE_DECL:
      // TODO
      break;
   case CsRewriteRulesParser.METHOD_DECL:
      // TODO
      break;
   case CsRewriteRulesParser.CLASS_DECL:
      // TODO
      break;
}

It would be just another name for the integer constant CLASS.

Am 28.10.2011 13:19, schrieb Sam Barnett-Cormack:
> I think the immediate answer is, "why?"
>
> On 28/10/2011 09:02, Christian wrote:
>> Hi community,
>>
>> if there is a real token, say
>>      CLASS : 'class';
>> can a define an alias, say
>>      CLASS_DECL = CLASS
>> in some way?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian
>>
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