org.parboiled
Class BaseParser<V>

java.lang.Object
  org.parboiled.BaseActions<V>
      org.parboiled.BaseParser<V>

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the parser values

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContextAware<V>

public abstract class BaseParser<V>
extends BaseActions<V>

Base class of all parboiled parsers. Defines the basic rule creation methods.

Field Summary

static Rule	ANY Matches any character except Chars.EOI.
static Rule	DEDENT Matches the special Chars.DEDENT character produces by the org.parboiled.buffers.IndentDedentInputBuffer
static Rule	EMPTY Matches nothing and always succeeds.
static Rule	EOI Matches the Chars.EOI (end of input) character.
static Rule	INDENT Matches the special Chars.INDENT character produces by the org.parboiled.buffers.IndentDedentInputBuffer
static Rule	NOTHING Matches nothing and always fails.

Constructor Summary

BaseParser()

Method Summary

static Action	ACTION(boolean expression) Explicitly marks the wrapped expression as an action expression.
Rule	AnyOf(char[] characters) Creates a new rule that matches any of the characters in the given char array.
Rule	AnyOf(Characters characters) Creates a new rule that matches any of the given characters.
Rule	AnyOf(java.lang.String characters) Creates a new rule that matches any of the characters in the given string.
Rule	Ch(char c) Explicitly creates a rule matching the given character.
Rule	CharRange(char cLow, char cHigh) Creates a rule matching a range of characters from cLow to cHigh (both inclusively).
Rule	FirstOf(java.lang.Object[] rules) Creates a new rule that successively tries all of the given subrules and succeeds when the first one of its subrules matches.
Rule	FirstOf(java.lang.Object rule, java.lang.Object rule2, java.lang.Object... moreRules) Creates a new rule that successively tries all of the given subrules and succeeds when the first one of its subrules matches.
Rule	IgnoreCase(char... characters) Explicitly creates a rule matching the given string in a case-independent fashion.
Rule	IgnoreCase(char c) Explicitly creates a rule matching the given character case-independently.
Rule	IgnoreCase(java.lang.String string) Explicitly creates a rule matching the given string in a case-independent fashion.
<P extends BaseParser<V>> P	newInstance() Creates a new instance of this parsers class using the no-arg constructor.
Rule	NoneOf(char[] characters) Creates a new rule that matches all characters except the ones in the given char array and EOI.
Rule	NoneOf(java.lang.String characters) Creates a new rule that matches all characters except the ones in the given string and EOI.
Rule	NTimes(int repetitions, java.lang.Object rule) Creates a new rule that repeatedly matches a given sub rule a certain fixed number of times.
Rule	NTimes(int repetitions, java.lang.Object rule, java.lang.Object separator) Creates a new rule that repeatedly matches a given sub rule a certain fixed number of times, optionally separated by a given separator rule.
Rule	OneOrMore(java.lang.Object rule) Creates a new rule that tries repeated matches of its subrule and succeeds if the subrule matches at least once.
Rule	OneOrMore(java.lang.Object rule, java.lang.Object rule2, java.lang.Object... moreRules) Creates a new rule that tries repeated matches of a sequence of the given subrules and succeeds if the sequence matches at least once.
Rule	Optional(java.lang.Object rule) Creates a new rule that tries a match on its subrule and always succeeds, independently of the matching success of its sub rule.
Rule	Optional(java.lang.Object rule, java.lang.Object rule2, java.lang.Object... moreRules) Creates a new rule that tries a match on the sequence of the given subrules and always succeeds, independently of the matching success of its sub sequence.
Rule	Sequence(java.lang.Object[] rules) Creates a new rule that only succeeds if all of its subrule succeed, one after the other.
Rule	Sequence(java.lang.Object rule, java.lang.Object rule2, java.lang.Object... moreRules) Creates a new rule that only succeeds if all of its subrule succeed, one after the other.
Rule	String(char... characters) Explicitly creates a rule matching the given string.
Rule	String(java.lang.String string) Explicitly creates a rule matching the given string.
Rule	Test(java.lang.Object rule) Creates a new rule that acts as a syntactic predicate, i.e.
Rule	Test(java.lang.Object rule, java.lang.Object rule2, java.lang.Object... moreRules) Creates a new rule that acts as a syntactic predicate, i.e.
Rule	TestNot(java.lang.Object rule) Creates a new rule that acts as an inverse syntactic predicate, i.e.
Rule	TestNot(java.lang.Object rule, java.lang.Object rule2, java.lang.Object... moreRules) Creates a new rule that acts as an inverse syntactic predicate, i.e.
Rule	toRule(java.lang.Object obj) Converts the given object to a rule.
Rule[]	toRules(java.lang.Object... objects) Converts the given object array to an array of rules.
Rule	ZeroOrMore(java.lang.Object rule) Creates a new rule that tries repeated matches of its subrule.
Rule	ZeroOrMore(java.lang.Object rule, java.lang.Object rule2, java.lang.Object... moreRules) Creates a new rule that tries repeated matches of the sequence of the given sub rules.

Methods inherited from class org.parboiled.BaseActions

currentChar, currentIndex, drop, drop, dup, getContext, hasError, inPredicate, match, matchedChar, matchEnd, matchLength, matchOrDefault, matchRange, matchStart, nodeSuppressed, peek, peek, poke, poke, pop, pop, position, push, push, pushAll, setContext, swap, swap3, swap4, swap5, swap6

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EOI

public static final Rule EOI

Matches the Chars.EOI (end of input) character.

INDENT

public static final Rule INDENT

Matches the special Chars.INDENT character produces by the org.parboiled.buffers.IndentDedentInputBuffer

DEDENT

public static final Rule DEDENT

Matches the special Chars.DEDENT character produces by the org.parboiled.buffers.IndentDedentInputBuffer

ANY

public static final Rule ANY

Matches any character except Chars.EOI.

EMPTY

public static final Rule EMPTY

Matches nothing and always succeeds.

NOTHING

public static final Rule NOTHING

Matches nothing and always fails.

Constructor Detail

BaseParser

public BaseParser()

Method Detail

newInstance

public <P extends BaseParser<V>> P newInstance()

Creates a new instance of this parsers class using the no-arg constructor. If no no-arg constructor exists this method will fail with a java.lang.NoSuchMethodError. Using this method is faster than using Parboiled.createParser(Class, Object...) for creating new parser instances since this method does not use reflection.

Type Parameters:

P - the parser class

Returns:

a new parser instance

Ch

public Rule Ch(char c)

Explicitly creates a rule matching the given character. Normally you can just specify the character literal directly in you rule description. However, if you don't want to go through fromCharLiteral(char), e.g. because you redefined it, you can also use this wrapper.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

c - the char to match

Returns:

a new rule

IgnoreCase

public Rule IgnoreCase(char c)

Explicitly creates a rule matching the given character case-independently.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

c - the char to match independently of its case

Returns:

a new rule

CharRange

public Rule CharRange(char cLow,
                      char cHigh)

Creates a rule matching a range of characters from cLow to cHigh (both inclusively).

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

cLow - the start char of the range (inclusively)

cHigh - the end char of the range (inclusively)

Returns:

a new rule

AnyOf

public Rule AnyOf(java.lang.String characters)

Creates a new rule that matches any of the characters in the given string.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

characters - the characters

Returns:

a new rule

AnyOf

public Rule AnyOf(char[] characters)

Creates a new rule that matches any of the characters in the given char array.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

characters - the characters

Returns:

a new rule

AnyOf

public Rule AnyOf(Characters characters)

Creates a new rule that matches any of the given characters.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

characters - the characters

Returns:

a new rule

NoneOf

public Rule NoneOf(java.lang.String characters)

Creates a new rule that matches all characters except the ones in the given string and EOI.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

characters - the characters

Returns:

a new rule

NoneOf

public Rule NoneOf(char[] characters)

Creates a new rule that matches all characters except the ones in the given char array and EOI.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

characters - the characters

Returns:

a new rule

String

public Rule String(java.lang.String string)

Explicitly creates a rule matching the given string. Normally you can just specify the string literal directly in you rule description. However, if you want to not go through fromStringLiteral(String), e.g. because you redefined it, you can also use this wrapper.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

string - the String to match

Returns:

a new rule

String

public Rule String(char... characters)

Explicitly creates a rule matching the given string. Normally you can just specify the string literal directly in you rule description. However, if you want to not go through fromStringLiteral(String), e.g. because you redefined it, you can also use this wrapper.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

characters - the characters of the string to match

Returns:

a new rule

IgnoreCase

public Rule IgnoreCase(java.lang.String string)

Explicitly creates a rule matching the given string in a case-independent fashion.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

string - the string to match

Returns:

a new rule

IgnoreCase

public Rule IgnoreCase(char... characters)

Explicitly creates a rule matching the given string in a case-independent fashion.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

characters - the characters of the string to match

Returns:

a new rule

FirstOf

public Rule FirstOf(java.lang.Object rule,
                    java.lang.Object rule2,
                    java.lang.Object... moreRules)

Creates a new rule that successively tries all of the given subrules and succeeds when the first one of its subrules matches. If all subrules fail this rule fails as well.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the first subrule

rule2 - the second subrule

moreRules - the other subrules

Returns:

a new rule

FirstOf

public Rule FirstOf(java.lang.Object[] rules)

Creates a new rule that successively tries all of the given subrules and succeeds when the first one of its subrules matches. If all subrules fail this rule fails as well.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rules - the subrules

Returns:

a new rule

OneOrMore

public Rule OneOrMore(java.lang.Object rule)

Creates a new rule that tries repeated matches of its subrule and succeeds if the subrule matches at least once. If the subrule does not match at least once this rule fails.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the subrule

Returns:

a new rule

OneOrMore

public Rule OneOrMore(java.lang.Object rule,
                      java.lang.Object rule2,
                      java.lang.Object... moreRules)

Creates a new rule that tries repeated matches of a sequence of the given subrules and succeeds if the sequence matches at least once. If the sequence does not match at least once this rule fails.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the first subrule

rule2 - the second subrule

moreRules - the other subrules

Returns:

a new rule

Optional

public Rule Optional(java.lang.Object rule)

Creates a new rule that tries a match on its subrule and always succeeds, independently of the matching success of its sub rule.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the subrule

Returns:

a new rule

Optional

public Rule Optional(java.lang.Object rule,
                     java.lang.Object rule2,
                     java.lang.Object... moreRules)

Creates a new rule that tries a match on the sequence of the given subrules and always succeeds, independently of the matching success of its sub sequence.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the first subrule

rule2 - the second subrule

moreRules - the other subrules

Returns:

a new rule

Sequence

public Rule Sequence(java.lang.Object rule,
                     java.lang.Object rule2,
                     java.lang.Object... moreRules)

Creates a new rule that only succeeds if all of its subrule succeed, one after the other.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the first subrule

rule2 - the second subrule

moreRules - the other subrules

Returns:

a new rule

Sequence

public Rule Sequence(java.lang.Object[] rules)

Creates a new rule that only succeeds if all of its subrule succeed, one after the other.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rules - the sub rules

Returns:

a new rule

Test

public Rule Test(java.lang.Object rule)

Creates a new rule that acts as a syntactic predicate, i.e. tests the given sub rule against the current input position without actually matching any characters. Succeeds if the sub rule succeeds and fails if the sub rule rails. Since this rule does not actually consume any input it will never create a parse tree node.

Also it carries a SuppressNode annotation, which means all sub nodes will also never create a parse tree node. This can be important for actions contained in sub rules of this rule that otherwise expect the presence of certain parse tree structures in their context. Also see SkipActionsInPredicates

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the subrule

Returns:

a new rule

Test

public Rule Test(java.lang.Object rule,
                 java.lang.Object rule2,
                 java.lang.Object... moreRules)

Creates a new rule that acts as a syntactic predicate, i.e. tests the sequence of the given sub rule against the current input position without actually matching any characters. Succeeds if the sub sequence succeeds and fails if the sub sequence rails. Since this rule does not actually consume any input it will never create a parse tree node.

Also it carries a SuppressNode annotation, which means all sub nodes will also never create a parse tree node. This can be important for actions contained in sub rules of this rule that otherwise expect the presence of certain parse tree structures in their context. Also see SkipActionsInPredicates

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the first subrule

rule2 - the second subrule

moreRules - the other subrules

Returns:

a new rule

TestNot

public Rule TestNot(java.lang.Object rule)

Creates a new rule that acts as an inverse syntactic predicate, i.e. tests the given sub rule against the current input position without actually matching any characters. Succeeds if the sub rule fails and fails if the sub rule succeeds. Since this rule does not actually consume any input it will never create a parse tree node.

Also it carries a SuppressNode annotation, which means all sub nodes will also never create a parse tree node. This can be important for actions contained in sub rules of this rule that otherwise expect the presence of certain parse tree structures in their context. Also see SkipActionsInPredicates

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the subrule

Returns:

a new rule

TestNot

public Rule TestNot(java.lang.Object rule,
                    java.lang.Object rule2,
                    java.lang.Object... moreRules)

Creates a new rule that acts as an inverse syntactic predicate, i.e. tests the sequence of the given sub rules against the current input position without actually matching any characters. Succeeds if the sub sequence fails and fails if the sub sequence succeeds. Since this rule does not actually consume any input it will never create a parse tree node.

Also it carries a SuppressNode annotation, which means all sub nodes will also never create a parse tree node. This can be important for actions contained in sub rules of this rule that otherwise expect the presence of certain parse tree structures in their context. Also see SkipActionsInPredicates

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the first subrule

rule2 - the second subrule

moreRules - the other subrules

Returns:

a new rule

ZeroOrMore

public Rule ZeroOrMore(java.lang.Object rule)

Creates a new rule that tries repeated matches of its subrule. Succeeds always, even if the subrule doesn't match even once.

Note: This methods carries a Cached annotation, which means that multiple invocations with the same argument will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the subrule

Returns:

a new rule

ZeroOrMore

public Rule ZeroOrMore(java.lang.Object rule,
                       java.lang.Object rule2,
                       java.lang.Object... moreRules)

Creates a new rule that tries repeated matches of the sequence of the given sub rules. Succeeds always, even if the sub sequence doesn't match even once.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

rule - the first subrule

rule2 - the second subrule

moreRules - the other subrules

Returns:

a new rule

NTimes

public Rule NTimes(int repetitions,
                   java.lang.Object rule)

Creates a new rule that repeatedly matches a given sub rule a certain fixed number of times.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

repetitions - The number of repetitions to match. Must be >= 0.

rule - the sub rule to match repeatedly.

Returns:

a new rule

NTimes

public Rule NTimes(int repetitions,
                   java.lang.Object rule,
                   java.lang.Object separator)

Creates a new rule that repeatedly matches a given sub rule a certain fixed number of times, optionally separated by a given separator rule.

Note: This methods provides caching, which means that multiple invocations with the same arguments will yield the same rule instance.

Parameters:

repetitions - The number of repetitions to match. Must be >= 0.

rule - the sub rule to match repeatedly.

separator - the separator to match, if null the individual sub rules will be matched without separator.

Returns:

a new rule

ACTION

public static Action ACTION(boolean expression)

Explicitly marks the wrapped expression as an action expression. parboiled transforms the wrapped expression into an Action instance during parser construction.

Parameters:

expression - the expression to turn into an Action

Returns:

the Action wrapping the given expression

toRules

public Rule[] toRules(java.lang.Object... objects)

Converts the given object array to an array of rules.

Parameters:

objects - the objects to convert

Returns:

the rules corresponding to the given objects

toRule

public Rule toRule(java.lang.Object obj)

Converts the given object to a rule. This method can be overriden to enable the use of custom objects directly in rule specifications.

Parameters:

obj - the object to convert

Returns:

the rule corresponding to the given object