Re: [LONG POST] Re: Parser

From:
Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:00:49 -0400
Message-ID:
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On 04/27/2014 07:59 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:

The Java? Language Specification Java SE 8 Edition
Chapter 19. Syntax
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-19.html>

Identifier:
IdentifierChars but not a Keyword or BooleanLiteral or NullLiteral

IdentifierChars:
JavaLetter {JavaLetterOrDigit}

JavaLetter:
any Unicode character that is a "Java letter"

JavaLetterOrDigit:
any Unicode character that is a "Java letter-or-digit"

Literal:
IntegerLiteral
FloatingPointLiteral
BooleanLiteral
CharacterLiteral
StringLiteral
NullLiteral

Type:
PrimitiveType
ReferenceType

PrimitiveType:
{Annotation} NumericType
{Annotation} |boolean|

NumericType:
IntegralType
FloatingPointType

IntegralType:
|byte| |short| |int| |long| |char|

FloatingPointType:
|float| |double|

ReferenceType:
ClassOrInterfaceType
TypeVariable
ArrayType

ClassOrInterfaceType:
ClassType
InterfaceType

ClassType:
{Annotation} Identifier [TypeArguments]
ClassOrInterfaceType |.| {Annotation} Identifier [TypeArguments]

InterfaceType:
ClassType

TypeVariable:
{Annotation} Identifier

ArrayType:
PrimitiveType Dims
ClassOrInterfaceType Dims
TypeVariable Dims

Dims:
{Annotation} |[| |]| {{Annotation} |[| |]|}

TypeParameter:
{TypeParameterModifier} Identifier [TypeBound]

TypeBound:
|extends| TypeVariable
|extends| ClassOrInterfaceType {AdditionalBound}

AdditionalBound:
|&| InterfaceType

TypeArguments:
|<| TypeArgumentList |>|

TypeArgumentList:
TypeArgument {|,| TypeArgument}

TypeArgument:
ReferenceType
Wildcard

Wildcard:
{Annotation} |?| [WildcardBounds]

WildcardBounds:
|extends| ReferenceType
|super| ReferenceType

CompilationUnit:
[PackageDeclaration] {ImportDeclaration} {TypeDeclaration}

PackageDeclaration:
{PackageModifier} |package| Identifier {|.| Identifier} |;|

PackageModifier:
Annotation

ImportDeclaration:
SingleTypeImportDeclaration
TypeImportOnDemandDeclaration
SingleStaticImportDeclaration
StaticImportOnDemandDeclaration

SingleTypeImportDeclaration:
|import| TypeName |;|

TypeImportOnDemandDeclaration:
|import| PackageOrTypeName |.| |*| |;|

SingleStaticImportDeclaration:
|import| |static| TypeName |.| Identifier |;|

StaticImportOnDemandDeclaration:
|import| |static| TypeName |.| |*| |;|

TypeDeclaration:
ClassDeclaration
InterfaceDeclaration
|;|

ClassDeclaration:
NormalClassDeclaration
EnumDeclaration

NormalClassDeclaration:
{ClassModifier} |class| Identifier [TypeParameters] [Superclass]
[Superinterfaces] ClassBody

ClassModifier:
Annotation |public| |protected| |private|
|abstract| |static| |final| |strictfp|

TypeParameters:
|<| TypeParameterList |>|

TypeParameterList:
TypeParameter {|,| TypeParameter}

Superclass:
|extends| ClassType

Superinterfaces:
|implements| InterfaceTypeList

InterfaceTypeList:
InterfaceType {|,| InterfaceType}

ClassBody:
|{| {ClassBodyDeclaration} |}|

ClassBodyDeclaration:
ClassMemberDeclaration
InstanceInitializer
StaticInitializer
ConstructorDeclaration

ClassMemberDeclaration:
FieldDeclaration
MethodDeclaration
ClassDeclaration
InterfaceDeclaration
|;|

FieldDeclaration:
{FieldModifier} UnannType VariableDeclaratorList |;|

FieldModifier:
Annotation |public| |protected| |private|
|static| |final| |transient| |volatile|

VariableDeclaratorList:
VariableDeclarator {|,| VariableDeclarator}

VariableDeclarator:
VariableDeclaratorId [|=| VariableInitializer]

VariableDeclaratorId:
Identifier [Dims]

VariableInitializer:
Expression
ArrayInitializer

UnannType:
UnannPrimitiveType
UnannReferenceType

UnannPrimitiveType:
NumericType
|boolean|

UnannReferenceType:
UnannClassOrInterfaceType
UnannTypeVariable
UnannArrayType

UnannClassOrInterfaceType:
UnannClassType
UnannInterfaceType

UnannClassType:
Identifier [TypeArguments]

UnannClassOrInterfaceType |.| {Annotation} Identifier [TypeArguments]

UnannInterfaceType:
UnannClassType

UnannTypeVariable:
Identifier

UnannArrayType:
UnannPrimitiveType Dims
UnannClassOrInterfaceType Dims
UnannTypeVariable Dims

MethodDeclaration:
{MethodModifier} MethodHeader MethodBody

MethodModifier:
Annotation |public| |protected| |private|
|abstract| |static| |final| |synchronized| |native| |strictfp|

MethodHeader:
Result MethodDeclarator [Throws]
TypeParameters {Annotation} Result MethodDeclarator [Throws]

Result:
UnannType
|void|

MethodDeclarator:
Identifier |(| [FormalParameterList] |)| [Dims]

FormalParameterList:
FormalParameters |,| LastFormalParameter
LastFormalParameter

FormalParameters:
FormalParameter {|,| FormalParameter}
ReceiverParameter {|,| FormalParameter}

FormalParameter:
{VariableModifier} UnannType VariableDeclaratorId

VariableModifier:
Annotation |final|

LastFormalParameter:
{VariableModifier} UnannType {Annotation} |...| VariableDeclaratorId
FormalParameter

ReceiverParameter:
{Annotation} UnannType [Identifier |.|] |this|

Throws:
|throws| ExceptionTypeList

ExceptionTypeList:
ExceptionType {|,| ExceptionType}

ExceptionType:
ClassType
TypeVariable

MethodBody:
Block
|;|

InstanceInitializer:
Block

StaticInitializer:
|static| Block

ConstructorDeclaration:
{ConstructorModifier} ConstructorDeclarator [Throws] ConstructorBody

ConstructorModifier:
Annotation |public| |protected| |private|

ConstructorDeclarator:
[TypeParameters] SimpleTypeName |(| [FormalParameterList] |)|

ConstructorBody:
|{| [ExplicitConstructorInvocation] [BlockStatements] |}|

ExplicitConstructorInvocation:
[TypeArguments] |this| |(| [ArgumentList] |)| |;|
[TypeArguments] |super| |(| [ArgumentList] |)| |;|
ExpressionName |.| [TypeArguments] |super| |(| [ArgumentList] |)| |;|
Primary |.| [TypeArguments] |super| |(| [ArgumentList] |)| |;|

EnumDeclaration:
{ClassModifier} |enum| Identifier [Superinterfaces] EnumBody

EnumBody:
|{| [EnumConstantList] [|,|] [EnumBodyDeclarations] |}|

EnumConstantList:
EnumConstant {|,| EnumConstant}

EnumConstant:
{EnumConstantModifier} Identifier [|(| [ArgumentList] |)|] [ClassBody]

EnumConstantModifier:
Annotation

EnumBodyDeclarations:
|;| {ClassBodyDeclaration}

InterfaceDeclaration:
NormalInterfaceDeclaration
AnnotationTypeDeclaration

NormalInterfaceDeclaration:
{InterfaceModifier} |interface| Identifier [TypeParameters]
[ExtendsInterfaces] InterfaceBody

InterfaceModifier:
Annotation |public| |protected| |private|
|abstract| |static| |strictfp|

ExtendsInterfaces:
|extends| InterfaceTypeList

InterfaceBody:
|{| {InterfaceMemberDeclaration} |}|

InterfaceMemberDeclaration:
ConstantDeclaration
InterfaceMethodDeclaration
ClassDeclaration
InterfaceDeclaration
|;|

ConstantDeclaration:
{ConstantModifier} UnannType VariableDeclaratorList |;|

ConstantModifier:
Annotation |public|
|static| |final|

InterfaceMethodDeclaration:
{InterfaceMethodModifier} MethodHeader MethodBody

InterfaceMethodModifier:
Annotation |public|
|abstract| |default| |static| |strictfp|

AnnotationTypeDeclaration:
{InterfaceModifier} |@| |interface| Identifier AnnotationTypeBody

AnnotationTypeBody:
|{| {AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration} |}|

AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration:
AnnotationTypeElementDeclaration
ConstantDeclaration
ClassDeclaration
InterfaceDeclaration
|;|

AnnotationTypeElementDeclaration:
{AnnotationTypeElementModifier} UnannType Identifier |(| |)| [Dims]
[DefaultValue] |;|

AnnotationTypeElementModifier:
Annotation |public|
|abstract|

DefaultValue:
|default| ElementValue

Annotation:
NormalAnnotation
MarkerAnnotation
SingleElementAnnotation

NormalAnnotation:
|@| TypeName |(| [ElementValuePairList] |)|

ElementValuePairList:
ElementValuePair {|,| ElementValuePair}

ElementValuePair:
Identifier |=| ElementValue

ElementValue:
ConditionalExpression
ElementValueArrayInitializer
Annotation

ElementValueArrayInitializer:
|{| [ElementValueList] [|,|] |}|

ElementValueList:
ElementValue {|,| ElementValue}

MarkerAnnotation:
|@| TypeName

SingleElementAnnotation:
|@| TypeName |(| ElementValue |)|

ArrayInitializer:
|{| [VariableInitializerList] [|,|] |}|

VariableInitializerList:
VariableInitializer {|,| VariableInitializer}

Block:
|{| [BlockStatements] |}|

BlockStatements:
BlockStatement {BlockStatement}

BlockStatement:
LocalVariableDeclarationStatement
ClassDeclaration
Statement

LocalVariableDeclarationStatement:
LocalVariableDeclaration |;|

LocalVariableDeclaration:
{VariableModifier} UnannType VariableDeclaratorList

Statement:
StatementWithoutTrailingSubstatement
LabeledStatement
IfThenStatement
IfThenElseStatement
WhileStatement
ForStatement

StatementNoShortIf:
StatementWithoutTrailingSubstatement
LabeledStatementNoShortIf
IfThenElseStatementNoShortIf
WhileStatementNoShortIf
ForStatementNoShortIf

StatementWithoutTrailingSubstatement:
Block
EmptyStatement
ExpressionStatement
AssertStatement
SwitchStatement
DoStatement
BreakStatement
ContinueStatement
ReturnStatement
SynchronizedStatement
ThrowStatement
TryStatement

EmptyStatement:
|;|

LabeledStatement:
Identifier |:| Statement

LabeledStatementNoShortIf:
Identifier |:| StatementNoShortIf

ExpressionStatement:
StatementExpression |;|

StatementExpression:
Assignment
PreIncrementExpression
PreDecrementExpression
PostIncrementExpression
PostDecrementExpression
MethodInvocation
ClassInstanceCreationExpression

IfThenStatement:
|if| |(| Expression |)| Statement

IfThenElseStatement:
|if| |(| Expression |)| StatementNoShortIf |else| Statement

IfThenElseStatementNoShortIf:
|if| |(| Expression |)| StatementNoShortIf |else| StatementNoShortIf

AssertStatement:
|assert| Expression |;|
|assert| Expression |:| Expression |;|

SwitchStatement:
|switch| |(| Expression |)| SwitchBlock

SwitchBlock:
|{| {SwitchBlockStatementGroup} {SwitchLabel} |}|

SwitchBlockStatementGroup:
SwitchLabels BlockStatements

SwitchLabels:
SwitchLabel {SwitchLabel}

SwitchLabel:
|case| ConstantExpression |:|
|case| EnumConstantName |:|
|default| |:|

EnumConstantName:
Identifier

WhileStatement:
|while| |(| Expression |)| Statement

WhileStatementNoShortIf:
|while| |(| Expression |)| StatementNoShortIf

DoStatement:
|do| Statement |while| |(| Expression |)| |;|

ForStatement:
BasicForStatement
EnhancedForStatement

ForStatementNoShortIf:
BasicForStatementNoShortIf
EnhancedForStatementNoShortIf

BasicForStatement:
|for| |(| [ForInit] |;| [Expression] |;| [ForUpdate] |)| Statement

BasicForStatementNoShortIf:
|for| |(| [ForInit] |;| [Expression] |;| [ForUpdate] |)| StatementNoShortIf

ForInit:
StatementExpressionList
LocalVariableDeclaration

ForUpdate:
StatementExpressionList

StatementExpressionList:
StatementExpression {|,| StatementExpression}

EnhancedForStatement:
|for| |(| {VariableModifier} UnannType VariableDeclaratorId |:|
Expression |)| Statement

EnhancedForStatementNoShortIf:
|for| |(| {VariableModifier} UnannType VariableDeclaratorId |:|
Expression |)| StatementNoShortIf

BreakStatement:
|break| [Identifier] |;|

ContinueStatement:
|continue| [Identifier] |;|

ReturnStatement:
|return| [Expression] |;|

ThrowStatement:
|throw| Expression |;|

SynchronizedStatement:
|synchronized| |(| Expression |)| Block

TryStatement:
|try| Block Catches
|try| Block [Catches] Finally
TryWithResourcesStatement

Catches:
CatchClause {CatchClause}

CatchClause:
|catch| |(| CatchFormalParameter |)| Block

CatchFormalParameter:
{VariableModifier} CatchType VariableDeclaratorId

CatchType:
UnannClassType {||| ClassType}

Finally:
|finally| Block

TryWithResourcesStatement:
|try| ResourceSpecification Block [Catches] [Finally]

ResourceSpecification:
|(| ResourceList [|;|] |)|

ResourceList:
Resource {|;| Resource}

Resource:
{VariableModifier} UnannType VariableDeclaratorId |=| Expression

Primary:
PrimaryNoNewArray
ArrayCreationExpression

PrimaryNoNewArray:
Literal
TypeName {|[| |]|} |.| |class|
|void| |.| |class|
|this|
TypeName |.| |this|
|(| Expression |)|
ClassInstanceCreationExpression
FieldAccess
ArrayAccess
MethodInvocation
MethodReference

ClassInstanceCreationExpression:
|new| [TypeArguments] {Annotation} Identifier [TypeArgumentsOrDiamond]
|(| [ArgumentList] |)| [ClassBody]
ExpressionName |.| |new| [TypeArguments] {Annotation} Identifier
[TypeArgumentsOrDiamond] |(| [ArgumentList] |)| [ClassBody]
Primary |.| |new| [TypeArguments] {Annotation} Identifier
[TypeArgumentsOrDiamond] |(| [ArgumentList] |)| [ClassBody]

TypeArgumentsOrDiamond:
TypeArguments
|<>|

FieldAccess:
Primary |.| Identifier
|super| |.| Identifier
TypeName |.| |super| |.| Identifier

ArrayAccess:
ExpressionName |[| Expression |]|
PrimaryNoNewArray |[| Expression |]|

MethodInvocation:
MethodName |(| [ArgumentList] |)|
TypeName |.| [TypeArguments] Identifier |(| [ArgumentList] |)|
ExpressionName |.| [TypeArguments] Identifier |(| [ArgumentList] |)|
Primary |.| [TypeArguments] Identifier |(| [ArgumentList] |)|
|super| |.| [TypeArguments] Identifier |(| [ArgumentList] |)|
TypeName |.| |super| |.| [TypeArguments] Identifier |(| [ArgumentList] |)|

ArgumentList:
Expression {|,| Expression}

MethodReference:
ExpressionName |::| [TypeArguments] Identifier
ReferenceType |::| [TypeArguments] Identifier
Primary |::| [TypeArguments] Identifier
|super| |::| [TypeArguments] Identifier
TypeName |.| |super| |::| [TypeArguments] Identifier
ClassType |::| [TypeArguments] |new|
ArrayType |::| |new|

ArrayCreationExpression:
|new| PrimitiveType DimExprs [Dims]
|new| ClassOrInterfaceType DimExprs [Dims]
|new| PrimitiveType Dims ArrayInitializer
|new| ClassOrInterfaceType Dims ArrayInitializer

DimExprs:
DimExpr {DimExpr}

DimExpr:
{Annotation} |[| Expression |]|

ConstantExpression:
Expression

Expression:
LambdaExpression
AssignmentExpression

LambdaExpression:
LambdaParameters |->| LambdaBody

LambdaParameters:
Identifier
|(| [FormalParameterList] |)|
|(| InferredFormalParameterList |)|

InferredFormalParameterList:
Identifier {|,| Identifier}

LambdaBody:
Expression
Block

AssignmentExpression:
ConditionalExpression
Assignment

Assignment:
LeftHandSide AssignmentOperator Expression

LeftHandSide:
ExpressionName
FieldAccess
ArrayAccess

AssignmentOperator:
|=| |*=| |/=| |%=| |+=| |-=| |<<=| |>>=| |>>>=| |&=| |^=| ||=|

ConditionalExpression:
ConditionalOrExpression
ConditionalOrExpression |?| Expression |:| ConditionalExpression

ConditionalOrExpression:
ConditionalAndExpression
ConditionalOrExpression |||| ConditionalAndExpression

ConditionalAndExpression:
InclusiveOrExpression
ConditionalAndExpression |&&| InclusiveOrExpression

InclusiveOrExpression:
ExclusiveOrExpression
InclusiveOrExpression ||| ExclusiveOrExpression

ExclusiveOrExpression:
AndExpression
ExclusiveOrExpression |^| AndExpression

AndExpression:
EqualityExpression
AndExpression |&| EqualityExpression

EqualityExpression:
RelationalExpression
EqualityExpression |==| RelationalExpression
EqualityExpression |!=| RelationalExpression

RelationalExpression:
ShiftExpression
RelationalExpression |<| ShiftExpression
RelationalExpression |>| ShiftExpression
RelationalExpression |<=| ShiftExpression
RelationalExpression |>=| ShiftExpression
RelationalExpression |instanceof| ReferenceType

ShiftExpression:
AdditiveExpression
ShiftExpression |<<| AdditiveExpression
ShiftExpression |>>| AdditiveExpression
ShiftExpression |>>>| AdditiveExpression

AdditiveExpression:
MultiplicativeExpression
AdditiveExpression |+| MultiplicativeExpression
AdditiveExpression |-| MultiplicativeExpression

MultiplicativeExpression:
UnaryExpression
MultiplicativeExpression |*| UnaryExpression
MultiplicativeExpression |/| UnaryExpression
MultiplicativeExpression |%| UnaryExpression

UnaryExpression:
PreIncrementExpression
PreDecrementExpression
|+| UnaryExpression
|-| UnaryExpression
UnaryExpressionNotPlusMinus

PreIncrementExpression:
|++| UnaryExpression

PreDecrementExpression:
|--| UnaryExpression

UnaryExpressionNotPlusMinus:
PostfixExpression
|~| UnaryExpression
|!| UnaryExpression
CastExpression

PostfixExpression:
Primary
ExpressionName
PostIncrementExpression
PostDecrementExpression

PostIncrementExpression:
PostfixExpression |++|

PostDecrementExpression:
PostfixExpression |--|

CastExpression:
|(| PrimitiveType |)| UnaryExpression
|(| ReferenceType {AdditionalBound} |)| UnaryExpressionNotPlusMinus
|(| ReferenceType {AdditionalBound} |)| LambdaExpression

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