The ModelCC Model-Driven Parser Generator

Fernando Berzal
(Universidad de Granada)
Francisco J. Cortijo
(Universidad de Granada)
Juan-Carlos Cubero
(Universidad de Granada)
Luis Quesada
(Universidad de Granada)

Syntax-directed translation tools require the specification of a language by means of a formal grammar. This grammar must conform to the specific requirements of the parser generator to be used. This grammar is then annotated with semantic actions for the resulting system to perform its desired function. In this paper, we introduce ModelCC, a model-based parser generator that decouples language specification from language processing, avoiding some of the problems caused by grammar-driven parser generators. ModelCC receives a conceptual model as input, along with constraints that annotate it. It is then able to create a parser for the desired textual syntax and the generated parser fully automates the instantiation of the language conceptual model. ModelCC also includes a reference resolution mechanism so that ModelCC is able to instantiate abstract syntax graphs, rather than mere abstract syntax trees.

In Santiago Escobar: Proceedings XIV Jornadas sobre Programación y Lenguajes (PROLE 2014), Cadiz, Spain, September 16-19, 2014, Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science 173, pp. 56–70.
Published: 8th January 2015.

ArXived at: https://dx.doi.org/10.4204/EPTCS.173.5 bibtex PDF
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