parser for an ecf file?

[Jimmy Johnson]

Is there a stand-alone parser for an ecf file?  If so does it build an AST?

Is there a round-trip visitor for an ecf file that allows an ecf file to be parsed and then printed (with modifications)?

Thanks,

jjj

[Jocelyn Fiat]

See https://svn.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/trunk/Src/framework/configuration/parser

It does not generate any AST.

However ecf syntax is XML, so this is easy to parse, for the semantic check the CONF_ classes.

You can have a look at https://svn.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/trunk/Src/tools/ecf_tool which is a tool with various commands related to ecf manipulations.

For instance https://svn.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/trunk/Src/tools/ecf_tool/src/commands/resave/ is to open an ecf and resave it using a printer.

Note that it does not keep commented lines.

Regards,

-- Jocelyn

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[Jimmy Johnson]

Thanks Jocelyn,

I have compiled and studied the tool.  It looks like a good place to start for what I need.

By the way, I am getting a developer error raised in `process_system_attributes' from CONF_LOAD_PARSE_CALLBACKS.  It is a CONF_ERROR_UUID.  When traced `is_valid_uuid' returns false.  The debugger, though, shows the UUID which is valid.  In `is_valid_uuid' the call to a_uuid.item (i) in the debugger watch list gives  51 '3' for "Value" (Then number 3 is the first character of the UUID.)  But in the line "Result := a_uuid.item (i).is_hexa_digit" the debugger shows the current object (i.e. a_uuid.item (1)) to be 0 '%U' when I expect it to be 3.  Any idea what is going on?

I'm on a Mac, have sometimes used Textedit to edit the ecf file and saved as plain text.

Thanks,

jjj

[Jimmy Johnson]

Jocelyn,

I fixed the UUID problem by converting the CHARACTER_32 `to_character_8'.

Now, on a system that compiles with 15.01, the `resave' option of the ecf_tool raises a "Parse error".  In `consume_type' from CLASS_TYPE_NAME_SYNTAX_CHECKER, the `current_parsed_string' is the name of my root class in lower case, but the `current_token' is 7, which is `tkn_error'.  Any idea why it is not `tin_id'?  Where could the value have been set to tkn_error?

Thanks,

jjj

[Jimmy Johnson]

I have the system working for the "resave" option, but after studying the code, I am still unsure how to adapt it for my use.  I want to read an ecf file and from it create a new ecf with a new name identical to the first except with the following changes,

for each library (and cluster) name:  prepend each subdirectory name with a prefix such as

     <library name="test" location = "$JJ_SOURCE\persistence\tools\test_other\test_other.ecf"/>

becomes
     <library name="pp_test" location = $PP_JJ_SOURCE\pp_persistence\pp_tools\pp_test_other\pp_test_other.ecf"/>

I cannot find the point in the code where the location's name can be changed/printed.  I thought maybe `all_libraries' from CONF_SYSTEM, but that table remains empty as the system runs.

Can you point me in the right direction?  

Also, this does not seem to explore ecf files mentioned within the parsed ecf, is that correct?

Thanks,

jjj

On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 1:59:53 AM UTC-4, Jocelyn Fiat wrote: