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<p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I’m a phd-student (TU-Darmstadt, Germany) doing
research in the area of MDSD/MDA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Code generation is an important issue for us and I’m
VERY excited to have discovered the antlr and StringTemplate projects.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As we ultimately aim for bidirectionality, I have the
following question:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Do you think automatically generating a set of
„Stringtemplate“s from an antlr grammar is feasible? My goal
is to start with an antlr grammar specifying a certain language, and
generate a lexer+parser that produces an AST from a concrete programme. I
also want to be able to „unparse“ the AST to obtain the exact (or
corresponding) code that (would) produce(d) it (possibly after changing the
AST).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As the (programming) language is to be variable, I
want to demand as little input as possible – the best case would be
solely an EBNF-like grammar (== antlr grammar file). Demanding a set of
StringTemplates as well seems redundant in this case, as the source and
destination languages are exactly the same (this might seem strange but makes
sense in our context <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span> )!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It would be fantastic to be able to automatically generate a
parser AND an unparser for the same language, directly from the same antlr
grammar - What do you think? Has this possibly been done already?
Do you forsee any stumbling blocks? Is it somehow trivial and I’m just a
dunce? <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance for your replies,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Anthony Anjorin.<o:p></o:p></p>
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