NAME

MarpaX::Languages::ECMAScript::AST - Translate a ECMAScript source to an AST

VERSION

version 0.020

SYNOPSIS

use strict;
use warnings FATAL => 'all';
use MarpaX::Languages::ECMAScript::AST;
use Log::Log4perl qw/:easy/;
use Log::Any::Adapter;
use Log::Any qw/$log/;
#
# Init log
#
our $defaultLog4perlConf = '
log4perl.rootLogger              = WARN, Screen
log4perl.appender.Screen         = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen
log4perl.appender.Screen.stderr  = 0
log4perl.appender.Screen.layout  = PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %-5p %6P %m{chomp}%n
';
Log::Log4perl::init(\$defaultLog4perlConf);
Log::Any::Adapter->set('Log4perl');
#
# Parse ECMAScript
#
my $ecmaSourceCode = 'var i = 0;';
my $ecmaAstObject = MarpaX::Languages::ECMAScript::AST->new();
$log->infof('%s', $ecmaAstObject->parse($ecmaSourceCode));

DESCRIPTION

This module translates ECMAScript source into an AST tree. If you want to enable logging, be aware that this module is using Log::Any.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new($class, %options)

Instantiate a new object. Takes as parameter an optional hash of options that can be:

grammarName

Name of a grammar. Default is 'ECMAScript-262-5'.

cache

Produced AST can be cached: very often the same ECMAScript is used again and again, so there is no need to always compute it at each call. The cache key is the buffer MD4 checksum, eventual collisions being handled. The cache location is the my_dist_data directory provided by File::HomeDir package. Default is a false value.

ANYTHINGELSE

Any other option that will be specific to the ECMAScript specific implementation. In practice these are:

Template

Reference to a hash for template options. C.f. per-ECMAScript documentation.

StringNumericLiteral

Reference to a hash for StringNumericLiteral grammar options. C.f. per-ECMAScript documentation.

Pattern

Reference to a hash for Pattern grammar options. C.f. per-ECMAScript documentation.

describe($self)

Get a description of the G1 grammar. Returns a reference to hash, that has this structure: key => value, where

key

'G1' or 'G0', with value being a reference to all rules, LHS being the first.

grammarAlias($self)

Returns the grammar alias, i.e. the one that is used within this distribution, corresponding to a true directory on the filesystem.

templatePath($self)

Returns the templates absolute path.

parse($self, $source)

Get an AST from the ECMAScript source, pointed by $source. This method will call all the intermediary steps (lexical, transformation, evaluation) necessary to produce the AST. An AST is a reference to nested arrays, containing either:

valuesAndRuleId

An entry describing a G1 rule (i.e. a non-terminal) is a reference to an array. The array contains the values of the right-hand side of the rule, followed by the rule Id.

startAndLengthAndValue

An entry describing a lexeme (i.e. a terminal) is a reference to an array. The array contains the start location in the stream, length and lexeme as perl's utf8 string.

template($self)

Return the generic template for this grammar. This template is doing nothing else but reproduce an ECMAScript source that, if parsed, would have an AST similar to the original source.

stringNumericLiteral($self)

Return the generic stringNumericLiteral for this grammar.

pattern($self)

Return the generic Pattern for this grammar.

JSON($self)

Return the generic JSON for this grammar.

URI($self)

Return the generic URI for this grammar.

SEE ALSO

Log::Any

Marpa::R2

Digest::MD4

CHI::Driver::File

MarpaX::Languages::ECMAScript::AST::Grammar::ECMAScript_262_5

SUPPORT

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=MarpaX-Languages-ECMAScript-AST. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

Source Code

This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

https://github.com/jddurand/marpax-languages-ecmascript-ast

git clone git://github.com/jddurand/marpax-languages-ecmascript-ast.git

AUTHOR

Jean-Damien Durand <jeandamiendurand@free.fr>

CONTRIBUTOR

jddurand <jeandamiendurand@free.fr>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jean-Damien Durand.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.