XML parsing (was RE: [antlr-interest] Places where Antlr can be used ....)

[Scott Stanchfield]

> XPA tree transformation works by simply bringing XML into an 
> AST and do the processing using ordinary tree transformation 
> rules. Mapping of XML element to AST type is done using the 
> TokenTypes.txt file which is needed to parse the XML into an AST.

Ah. I think that should work pretty much as is in ANTXR though I haven't
tried it.


> Have you evaluated bringing this to 3.0?

Not yet. I want to get this out first before I even look at 3.0.

> > What I *really* need to do is an XML Schema->ANTXR grammar 
> generator...
> 
> That would be cool and very useful to consume XML into Java, 
> yes. Cool idea. Might be fun as well. Even though I think DTD 
> still is much more common than Schema. What about an ANTLR 
> DTD parser? (Maybe even antlr 3.0?)

I want to be able to generate a grammar from either a schema or DTD.

Later,
-- Scott