Generating Parsers with JavaCC, Second Edition

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction to JavaCC
• What is JavaCC?
• Installing JavaCC
• Running JavaCC (command line, Ant, Maven, IDEs)
• JavaCC and ANTLR
• Chapter 2. Tokenizing
• The Tokenizing Process
• Generated Files
• Tokens and Regular Expressions
• The SKIP Regular Expression Production
• The MORE Regular Expression Production
• The SPECIAL_TOKEN Regular Expression Production
• Lexical Actions
• Lexical States
• Tokenizer Options
• Chapter 3. Parsing
• Parsing Overview
• Grammar Construction
• Lookahead
• Change Tracking
• Parser Options
• Chapter 4. JJTree
• Why JJTree?
• A Simple Calculator
• A Simple Abstract Syntax Tree
• Visitors and Visiting
• Customizing the AST
• JJTree Internals
• An Alternative: Java Tree Builder (JTB)
• JJTree Options
• Chapter 5. JJDoc
• Documenting Your Grammar
• Running JJDoc
• Passing JavaDoc Through a Grammar
• JJDoc Options
• Chapter 6. JavaCC and Unicode
• What's Unicode?
• Escaping Unicode Characters
• Unicode Characters and Encodings
• Skipping Unicode Characters
• Cleaner Error Messages
• Avoid UNICODE_INPUT
• Beyond the BMP
• Chapter 7. Error Handling
• Parsing Problem Data
• Tokenizing Errors
• Parsing Errors
• Tree Building Errors
• Chapter 8. Case Study: The JavaCC Grammar
• Examining the JavaCC Grammar
• Options and Headers
• Lexical Specification
• Syntactic Specification
• Chapter 9. Testing JavaCC Parsers
• Benefits of Automated Testing
• Introduction to JUnit
• Testing a Tokenizer
• Testing a Parser
• Testing the AST
• Testing the AST with XPath
• Chapter 10. JavaCC and Eclipse
• Why Use an Integrated Development Environment?
• Installation
• Basic Operation
• Chapter 11. Little Grammars
• Some Small Examples
• Web Server Log Files
• Temperatures
• A Little Logo
• Postfix Expressions
• Appendix A. JavaCC Directory Layout and Building JavaCC
• Appendix B. JavaCC Options