[antlr-interest] Parser performance - newbie question.

[praveen_c]

Hi, 

I'm new to the world of Parser Generators/Lexers. I just learned 
about what ANTLR and JavaCC can do and I'm pretty excited about 'em. 
While I don't have a complete understanding of what these tools can 
do, I do have the following questions.

I'm trying to write a parser that recognizes specials tags in a HTML 
template at runtime( in a J2EE server ). Would a parser generated 
from ANTLR or JavaCC offer acceptable performance when used to parse 
HTML templates at runtime? My gut feeling is that I can handcode a 
parser that offers better performance that the generated parser. I 
think I can optimize it better for my needs. Is that a right 
approach? I know when it comes to extensibility, I'll loose. But I'm 
willing take that risk. 

Thanks in advance for any responses.

-Praveen.




 

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