[antlr-interest] Fig: a generic config file reader

[Terence Parr]

Hi,

For my talk tomorrow, I built a simple example that I will go over:

http://www.antlr.org/wiki/display/ANTLR3/Fig+-+Generic+configuration 
+language+interpreter

Intro:
Many applications need configuration files. In the old days people  
built their own syntax and parser. Then people tried to use simple  
property files with Java. Now people use XML for everything, but XML  
is a horrible Human interface (see "Humans should not have to grok  
XML"); XML is fine for data if you don't mind the verboseness. This  
article describes Fig, a little config file reader that I made for my  
talk at the Sydney Java users group June 20, 2007. The basic goal is  
to allow an application to include the fig.jar and then use the Fig  
parser to suck in files, the result of which is a list of objects.  
Fig supports strings, ints, lists, and references to other  
configuration objects. Fig uses reflection to create instances and  
call setters or set fields directly (if no setter exists).

Ter