[antlr-interest] Extract all rules/lexems/keywords of a Language.g into XML format?

[Terence Parr]

On Jun 11, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Ruslan Zasukhin wrote:

> On 6/11/11 3:16 AM, "Terence Parr" <parrt at cs.usfca.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Terrence,
> 
>> Hi. Let me be more specific...I am going to serialize entire grammar as an
>> augmented transition network into any generated parser or lexer. This will
>> improve your recovery and error messages. There will be an API to figure out
>> what could've come next.  I won't be using XML.
> 
> Okay, this sounds like feature, which will help us build
> a smart auto-completion list of next token ...  Right?

yep.

>> As for the GUI widget, I'm providing a simple widget that, using reflection if
>> I remember correctly, pulls out the appropriate information from a
>> parser/lexer and then manages to automatically syntax highlight and flag
>> erroneous syntax. For semantics, the programmer would be on their own. It is a
>> cheap way for someone to get an editor for their DSL.
> 
> I do not catch ... Widget Java only?
>   What will do C++ developers :-)

Make their own. ;)  It could be hooked up via sockets I guess.

> Actually we think not about GUI widget, but about
> Feature of ANTLR to produce XML file from any grammar
> 
> Example:
> 
> Exists  
>        cpp.g
>        sql.g
>        php.g
> 
> We add into that .g   or into  antlr -switch
>    output=xml
> 
> and 
>> antlr  putput=xml  cpp.g
> 
> Will produce   cpp.g.xml (or sql.g.xml,  php.g.xml )
> 
> Which will contain language from .g expressed in XML format...
> And may be reverse task XML to .g
> 
> Strange task?   :)   I know ...

What is the goal?
Ter