The grammar action to optionally invoke multiple times or an "OPTIONS" object describing the grammar action and optional properties.
Convenience method, same as MANY_SEP but the repetition is of one or more. failing to match at least one repetition will result in a parsing error and cause the parser to attempt error recovery.
Note that an additional optional property ERR_MSG can be used to provide custom error messages.
An object defining the grammar of each iteration and the separator between iterations
The rule to try and parse in backtracking mode.
argumens to be passed to the grammar rule execution
a lookahead function that will try to parse the given grammarRule and will return true if succeed.
A Parsing DSL method use to consume a single Token. In EBNF terms this is equivalent to a Terminal.
A Token will be consumed, IFF the next token in the token vector matches
The index in the method name indicates the unique occurrence of a terminal consumption inside a the top level rule. What this means is that if a terminal appears more than once in a single rule, each appearance must have a different index.
For example:
this.RULE("qualifiedName", () => {
this.CONSUME1(Identifier);
this.MANY(() => {
this.CONSUME1(Dot);
// here we use CONSUME2 because the terminal
// 'Identifier' has already appeared previously in the
// the rule 'parseQualifiedName'
this.CONSUME2(Identifier);
});
})The Type of the token to be consumed.
optional properties to modify the behavior of CONSUME.
Parsing DSL method, that indicates a repetition of zero or more. This is equivalent to EBNF repetition {...}.
Note that there are two syntax forms:
Passing the grammar action directly:
this.MANY(() => {
this.CONSUME(Comma)
this.CONSUME(Digit)
})using an "options" object:
this.MANY({
GATE: predicateFunc,
DEF: () => {
this.CONSUME(Comma)
this.CONSUME(Digit)
}
});The optional 'GATE' property in "options" object form can be used to add constraints to invoking the grammar action.
As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence of the repetition production in it's top rule.
The grammar action to optionally invoke multiple times or an "OPTIONS" object describing the grammar action and optional properties.
Parsing DSL method, that indicates a repetition of zero or more with a separator Token between the repetitions.
Example:
this.MANY_SEP({
SEP:Comma,
DEF: () => {
this.CONSUME(Number};
// ...
})Note that because this DSL method always requires more than one argument the options object is always required and it is not possible to use a shorter form like in the MANY DSL method.
Note that for the purposes of deciding on whether or not another iteration exists Only a single Token is examined (The separator). Therefore if the grammar being implemented is so "crazy" to require multiple tokens to identify an item separator please use the more basic DSL methods to implement it.
As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence of the repetition production in it's top rule.
Note that due to current limitations in the implementation the "SEP" property must appear before the "DEF" property.
An object defining the grammar of each iteration and the separator between iterations
Parsing DSL Method that Indicates an Optional production. in EBNF notation this is equivalent to: "[...]".
Note that there are two syntax forms:
Passing the grammar action directly:
this.OPTION(() => {
this.CONSUME(Digit)}
);using an "options" object:
this.OPTION({
GATE:predicateFunc,
DEF: () => {
this.CONSUME(Digit)
}});The optional 'GATE' property in "options" object form can be used to add constraints to invoking the grammar action.
As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence of the optional production in it's top rule.
The grammar action to optionally invoke once or an "OPTIONS" object describing the grammar action and optional properties.
Parsing DSL method that indicates a choice between a set of alternatives must be made. This is equivalent to an EBNF alternation (A | B | C | D ...), except that the alternatives are ordered like in a PEG grammar. This means that the first matching alternative is always chosen.
There are several forms for the inner alternatives array:
Passing alternatives array directly:
this.OR([
{ ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(One) }},
{ ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Two) }},
{ ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Three) }}
])Passing alternative array directly with predicates (GATE):
this.OR([
{ GATE: predicateFunc1, ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(One) }},
{ GATE: predicateFuncX, ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Two) }},
{ GATE: predicateFuncX, ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Three) }}
])These syntax forms can also be mixed:
this.OR([
{
GATE: predicateFunc1,
ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(One) }
},
{ ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Two) }},
{ ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Three) }}
])Additionally an "options" object may be used:
this.OR({
DEF:[
{ ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(One) }},
{ ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Two) }},
{ ALT:() => { this.CONSUME(Three) }}
],
// OPTIONAL property
ERR_MSG: "A Number"
})The 'predicateFuncX' in the long form can be used to add constraints to choosing the alternative.
As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence of the alternation production in it's top rule.
A set of alternatives or an "OPTIONS" object describing the alternatives and optional properties.
The result of invoking the chosen alternative.
Same as {@link Parser.RULE}, but should only be used in "extending" grammars to override rules/productions from the super grammar. See Parser Inheritance Example.
The name of the rule.
The implementation of the rule.
Parser state / error recovery&reporting/ ...The Parsing DSL Method is used by one rule to call another. It is equivalent to a non-Terminal in EBNF notation.
This may seem redundant as it does not actually do much. However using it is mandatory for all sub rule invocations.
Calling another rule without wrapping in SUBRULE(...) will cause errors/mistakes in the Parser's self analysis phase, which will lead to errors in error recovery/automatic lookahead calculation and any other functionality relying on the Parser's self analysis output.
As in CONSUME the index in the method name indicates the occurrence of the sub rule invocation in its rule.
The rule to invoke.
optional properties to modify the behavior of SUBRULE.
The result of invoking ruleToCall.
By default all tokens type may be inserted. This behavior may be overridden in inheriting Recognizers for example: One may decide that only punctuation tokens may be inserted automatically as they have no additional semantic value. (A mandatory semicolon has no additional semantic meaning, but an Integer may have additional meaning depending on its int value and context (Inserting an integer 0 in cardinality: "[1..]" will cause semantic issues as the max of the cardinality will be greater than the min value (and this is a false error!).
The token vector up to (not including) the content assist point
Returns an "imaginary" Token to insert when Single Token Insertion is done Override this if you require special behavior in your grammar. For example if an IntegerToken is required provide one with the image '0' so it would be valid syntactically.
This must be called at the end of a Parser constructor. See: http://sap.github.io/chevrotain/docs/tutorial/step2_parsing.html#under-the-hood
Resets the parser state, should be overridden for custom parsers which "carry" additional state. When overriding, remember to also invoke the super implementation!
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Convenience method, same as MANY but the repetition is of one or more. failing to match at least one repetition will result in a parsing error and cause a parsing error.
MANY