[stringtemplate-interest] handling of arrays
Terence Parr
parrt at cs.usfca.edu
Fri Feb 2 10:20:00 PST 2007
OH! It was an int[] array I think. That's the issue. How can we
test the element type of an Array? I don't see anything in the Class
javadoc.
Ter
On Feb 2, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Terence Parr wrote:
> Weird....can't remember the error. Hang on. Crap! Now it works!
>
> import java.util.*;
> public class T {
> Object x = new String[3];
> List a = Arrays.asList((Object[])x);
> }
>
> Hmm....argh! So should I remove the ArrayIterator etc...?
>
> Oh! It was a runtime error. Got class cast exception. Shite! Now
> that is working too:
>
> import java.util.*;
> public class T {
> Object x = new String[3];
> List a = Arrays.asList((Object[])x);
> public static void main(String[] args) {
> T t = new T();
> System.out.println(t.a);
> }
> }
>
> 1.4 and 1.5 allow that. shite.
>
> Ter
>
> On Feb 1, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Nate wrote:
>
>> That was in Eclipse with the compiler compliance level set to 1.4,
>> so it should work in 1.4. It should work in the same way as...
>>
>> String string = "abc";
>> Object stringHiddenByObject = string;
>>
>> What compiler error did you get?
>>
>> -Nate
>>
>>
>> Terence Parr wrote:
>>> is that in java 1.5? I don't it will work in 1.4.
>>>
>>> my compiler complained.
>>>
>>> ter
>>>
>>> On Feb 1, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Nate wrote:
>>>
>>>> It does work, I was wrong. In fact, you don't even need a cast...
>>>>
>>>> String[] strings = new String[] {"abc", "def", "ghi"};
>>>> Object[] stringsHiddenByObjectArray = strings;
>>>>
>>>> What I was thinking of was going the other way...
>>>>
>>>> Object[] objects = new Object[] {"jkl", "mno", "pqr"};
>>>> String[] thisDoesntWork = (String[])objects;
>>>>
>>>> -Nate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Harry Karadimas wrote:
>>>>> Sorry about the lengthy post, but I checked and found that the
>>>>> cast to
>>>>> (Object[])
>>>>> actually works !
>>>>>
>>>>> Below is a "small" demo class that demonstrates various uses.
>>>>> To make it short, what works is :
>>>>> public static Object convertArrayToList(Object value)
>>>>> {
>>>>> if (value==null || !value.getClass().isArray()) return value;
>>>>> return Arrays.asList((Object[])value);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> --------
>>>>>
>>>>> package stringtemplate_test;
>>>>>
>>>>> import java.util.ArrayList;
>>>>> import java.util.Arrays;
>>>>> import java.util.Collection;
>>>>> import java.util.Iterator;
>>>>> import java.util.List;
>>>>>
>>>>> /**
>>>>> * "Lots of Lists", to test various Array to List conversion
>>>>> strategies
>>>>> * @author KARADIMAS
>>>>> */
>>>>> public class Lol
>>>>> {
>>>>> static Object[] myArray = {"A", "B", "C"};
>>>>> static List myList = new ArrayList();
>>>>> static Object[][][] threeLevels = {
>>>>> {
>>>>> {"1.1.1", "1.1.2", "1.1.3"},
>>>>> {"1.2.1", "1.2.2"}
>>>>> },
>>>>> {
>>>>> {"2.1.1"},
>>>>> {"2.2.1", "2.2.2"}
>>>>> },
>>>>> {
>>>>> {"3.1.1", "3.1.2"},
>>>>> {"3.2.1"}
>>>>> },
>>>>> {
>>>>> {myList}
>>>>> },
>>>>> };
>>>>> static int[] myInts = {1,2,3};
>>>>>
>>>>> public static void main(String[] args)
>>>>> {
>>>>> //further init of myList
>>>>> myList.add("X");
>>>>> myList.add(myArray);
>>>>> myList.add("Z");
>>>>> System.out.println("Original list :");
>>>>> printList(threeLevels);
>>>>> System.out.println("convertArrayToList1() :");
>>>>> Object r = convertArrayToList1(threeLevels);
>>>>> printList((List) r);
>>>>> System.out.println("convertArrayToList2() :");
>>>>> r = convertArrayToList2(threeLevels);
>>>>> printList((List) r);
>>>>> System.out.println("convertAllForStUsage() :");
>>>>> r = convertAllAtOnce(threeLevels);
>>>>> printList((List) r);
>>>>> r = convertArrayToList1(myInts);
>>>>> printList(r);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> /**
>>>>> * simplest, works ok if called before each use, maybe the best
>>>>> approach if
>>>>> * used in lazy (= just in time) execution.
>>>>> * Note here that Object[][]...[] is an instance of Object[]
>>>>> (and of
>>>>> * Object, incidentally)
>>>>> */
>>>>> public static Object convertArrayToList1(Object value)
>>>>> {
>>>>> if (value==null || !value.getClass().isArray()) return value;
>>>>> return Arrays.asList((Object[])value);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> /**
>>>>> * handles sub-arrays recursively at once, but what about arrays
>>>>> inside lists?
>>>>> */
>>>>> public static Object convertArrayToList2(Object value)
>>>>> {
>>>>> if (value==null || !value.getClass().isArray()) return value;
>>>>> Object[] oa1 = (Object[]) value;
>>>>> Object[] oa2 = new Object[oa1.length];
>>>>> System.arraycopy(oa1, 0, oa2, 0, oa1.length);
>>>>> for (int i = 0; i < oa2.length; i++) oa2[i] =
>>>>> convertArrayToList2(oa2[i]);
>>>>> return Arrays.asList(oa2);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> /**
>>>>> * More complex method.
>>>>> * Manages both lists and arrays, but what about arrays inside
>>>>> maps, for
>>>>> * example ? And also, why convert now arrays that might never
>>>>> be used ?
>>>>> */
>>>>> public static Object convertAllAtOnce(Object value)
>>>>> {
>>>>> if ( !isListable(value) ) return value;
>>>>> ArrayList res = new ArrayList(); //we always return a new list
>>>>> if (value instanceof List) {
>>>>> //process the list
>>>>> List vList = (List) value;
>>>>> for (Iterator iter = vList.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
>>>>> res.add(convertAllAtOnce(iter.next()));
>>>>> }
>>>>> return res;
>>>>> }
>>>>> //it's an array, process its elements
>>>>> Object[] oa = (Object[]) value;
>>>>> for (int i = 0; i < oa.length; i++)
>>>>> res.add(convertAllAtOnce(oa[i]));
>>>>> return res;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> /** helper function to clarify code */
>>>>> private static final boolean isListable(Object o)
>>>>> {
>>>>> return (o instanceof List) || (o != null && o.getClass
>>>>> ().isArray());
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> public static void printList(Object v) { printList("", v); }
>>>>>
>>>>> public static void printList(String indent, Object v) {
>>>>> if (!isListable(v)) {
>>>>> System.out.println(indent+"v="+v);
>>>>> return;
>>>>> }
>>>>> if (v instanceof List) {
>>>>> System.out.println(indent+"(");
>>>>> List lst = (List) v;
>>>>> for (Iterator iter = lst.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
>>>>> Object o = (Object) iter.next();
>>>>> printList(indent+" ", o);
>>>>> }
>>>>> System.out.println(indent+")");
>>>>> return;
>>>>> }
>>>>> Object[] oa = (Object[]) v;
>>>>> System.out.println(indent+"[//array");
>>>>> for (int i = 0; i < oa.length; i++) printList(indent+" ", oa
>>>>> [i]);
>>>>> System.out.println(indent+"]//array");
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Harry
>>>>> Karadimas
>>>>> /
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>>>>>
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>>>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Re: handling of arrays (John Snyders) (Terence Parr)
>>>>>> 2. Re: handling of arrays (John Snyders) (Terence Parr)
>>>>>> 3. Re: Porting StringTemplate (Kay Roepke)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> -
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:14:43 -0800
>>>>>> From: Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [stringtemplate-interest] handling of arrays (John
>>>>>> Snyders)
>>>>>> To: Nate <misc at n4te.com>
>>>>>> Cc: StringTemplate <stringtemplate-interest at antlr.org>
>>>>>> Message-ID: <E02F2DC0-7AE7-4B2B-A69A-49E19AD2CCE8 at cs.usfca.edu>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> crap. Ok, back to arrayiterator then.
>>>>>> Ter
>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Nate wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unless you are using Java 5+, you'd have to use
>>>>>>> System.arrayCopy to
>>>>>>> copy the array to an Object array.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Nate
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Terence Parr wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Awesome! Heh, it's exactly what we want I think.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wait, class cast issue:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> public static Object convertArrayToList(Object value) {
>>>>>>>> if ( value==null ) {
>>>>>>>> return null;
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>> if ( value.getClass().isArray() ) {
>>>>>>>> return Arrays.asList((Object[])value); // CAST
>>>>>>>> ISSUE!
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>> return value;
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> won't work as value is not Object[] most of the time...but
>>>>>>>> how do
>>>>>>>> you get it to compile w/o the cast?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ter
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Harry Karadimas wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi, I don't know if that relates to the previous post, but
>>>>>>>>> java
>>>>>>>>> *does* have something
>>>>>>>>> to encapsulate an array into a list, and that is the "asList"
>>>>>>>>> method of the java.util.Arrays
>>>>>>>>> class.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Object[] myArray = ...
>>>>>>>>> List myList = Arrays.asList(myArray);
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Harry Karadimas
>>>>>>>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> _
>>>>>>>>> _____
>>>>>>>>> __ Dr Harry Karadimas Medecin Ingenieur resp. Recherche et
>>>>>>>>> Developpement Departement d'Information Hospitalier CHU Henri
>>>>>>>>> Mondor 51, av. du Mal de Lattre de Tassigny 94010 CRETEIL
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>>>>>>>>> (00 33 1) 49 81 21 79 fax : (00 33 1) 49 81 27 08 secr.:
>>>>>>>>> (00 33
>>>>>>>>> 1) 49 81 23 82 m.el.:harry.karadimas at hmn.ap-hop-paris.fr
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> inconsistency
>>>>>>>>>> with length function (Oliver Flege)
>>>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>>>>> -- - Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:44:26 -0500 From:
>>>>>>>>>> "John Snyders" <jjsnyders at rcn.com> Subject: Re:
>>>>>>>>>> [stringtemplate- interest] handling of arrays To: "Terence
>>>>>>>>>> Parr" <parrt at cs.usfca.edu>, "StringTemplate"
>>>>>>>>>> <stringtemplate-
>>>>>>>>>> interest at antlr.org> Message-ID:
>>>>>>>>>> <PMEOJKDLMMHOHNEAMPBGGEJMCAAA.jjsnyders at rcn.com> Content-
>>>>>>>>>> Type:
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: stringtemplate-interest-
>>>>>>>>>>> bounces at antlr.org [mailto:stringtemplate-interest-
>>>>>>>>>>> bounces at antlr.org]On Behalf Of Terence Parr Sent: Saturday,
>>>>>>>>>>> January 27, 2007 6:38 PM To: StringTemplate Subject: Re:
>>>>>>>>>>> [stringtemplate-interest] handling of arrays On Jan 16,
>>>>>>>>>>> 2007,
>>>>>>>>>>> at 9:40 PM, John Snyders wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I noticed in ASTExpr.java the method convertArrayToList.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> it is. just done to make things consistent...else have to
>>>>>>>>>>> check for arrays everyone. gross, eh?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It seems to me that this is wasteful. I have not looked
>>>>>>>>>>>> at it
>>>>>>>>>>>> too deep but why not handle arrays like other collections
>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrap them in an ArrayIterator inside
>>>>>>>>>>>> convertAnythingIteratableToIterator.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Interesting...ArrayIterator, eh? Does Sun have a standard
>>>>>>>>>>> one?
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't see it. Do you mean I should create one real quick?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There isn't one in the Java SDK (as far as I know) but
>>>>>>>>>> jakarta
>>>>>>>>>> commons has one http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/
>>>>>>>>>> collections/
>>>>>>>>>> api- release/org/apache/commons /collections/iterators/
>>>>>>>>>> ArrayIterator.html ST probably shouldn't rely on this so you
>>>>>>>>>> can create your own. It is straight forward. I created one
>>>>>>>>>> before I found the one in commons collections. I can give
>>>>>>>>>> it to
>>>>>>>>>> you if you like (assuming I can find it). But again I didn't
>>>>>>>>>> think this through fully.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ter _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 29 Jan
>>>>>>>>>> 2007 10:25:24 +0100 From: Oliver Flege <o.flege at market-
>>>>>>>>>> maker.de> Subject: Re: [stringtemplate-interest]
>>>>>>>>>> inconsistency
>>>>>>>>>> with length function To: StringTemplate <stringtemplate-
>>>>>>>>>> interest at antlr.org> Message-ID: <45BDBD84.4040707 at market-
>>>>>>>>>> maker.de> Content-Type: text/ plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> Terence Parr wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I think that the length method in ASTExpr.java should be
>>>>>>>>>>>> changed as follows: From: } else if (attribute instanceof
>>>>>>>>>>>> List) { i = ((List)attribute).size(); } To: } else if
>>>>>>>>>>>> (attribute instanceof Collection) { i = ((List)
>>>>>>>>>>>> attribute).size
>>>>>>>>>>>> (); }
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Howdy! OK, yep, good fix.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> even better would be } else if (attribute instanceof
>>>>>>>>>> Collection) { i = ((Collection)attribute).size(); } :)
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>> Oliver ------------------------------
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:13:24 -0800
>>>>>> From: Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [stringtemplate-interest] handling of arrays (John
>>>>>> Snyders)
>>>>>> To: StringTemplate <stringtemplate-interest at antlr.org>
>>>>>> Message-ID: <5DE29967-5C4B-4700-8D51-EDB9CF147D51 at cs.usfca.edu>
>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes;
>>>>>> format=flowed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, i made an array wrapper and iterator. had to do both so a
>>>>>> list
>>>>>> is not purely an iterator, which has sideeffects.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /** Do a standard conversion of array attributes to a
>>>>>> List. Wrap the
>>>>>> * array instead of copying like old version. Make an
>>>>>> * ArrayWrappedInList that knows to create an ArrayIterator.
>>>>>> */
>>>>>> public static Object convertArrayToList(Object value) {
>>>>>> if ( value==null ) {
>>>>>> return null;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> if ( value.getClass().isArray() ) {
>>>>>> return new ArrayWrappedInList(value);
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> return value;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ArrayWrappedInList creates ArrayIterator. These are two new
>>>>>> classes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pushed to depot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Harry Karadimas wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, I don't know if that relates to the previous post, but java
>>>>>>> *does* have something
>>>>>>> to encapsulate an array into a list, and that is the "asList"
>>>>>>> method of the java.util.Arrays
>>>>>>> class.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Object[] myArray = ...
>>>>>>> List myList = Arrays.asList(myArray);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Harry Karadimas ____
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Message: 3
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:21:11 +0100
>>>>>> From: Kay Roepke <kroepke at classdump.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [stringtemplate-interest] Porting StringTemplate
>>>>>> To: Shane Witbeck <shane at digitalsanctum.com>
>>>>>> Cc: StringTemplate <stringtemplate-interest at antlr.org>
>>>>>> Message-ID: <6789A417-4627-450E-A443-BF753E93862F at classdump.org>
>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; delsp=yes;
>>>>>> format=flowed
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 28, 2007, at 1:04 AM, Shane Witbeck wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems like porting to ECMAScript would be better
>>>>>>> strategically
>>>>>>> since ActionScript is an extension of it and the amount of
>>>>>>> work out
>>>>>>> there being done in JavaScript (AJAX, etc.).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Shane
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/27/07, Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This would be very involved and a huge project. ANTLR doesn't
>>>>>>>> generate ActionScript so you'd need to parse everything by
>>>>>>>> hand.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Porting StringTemplate isn't exactly easy, esp. since it uses
>>>>>> ANTLR
>>>>>> v2. My attempts
>>>>>> to do an Obj-C port haven't been exactly successful, mainly
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> ANTLR v3 threw
>>>>>> up parsing ST :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think that parsing ST by hand is a viable option, since
>>>>>> it is
>>>>>> a bit involved
>>>>>> at times. I certainly wouldn't attempt it unless I was
>>>>>> desperate...
>>>>>> In the long run, though, v3 should be able to handle ST easily
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> that would make
>>>>>> it a lot easier (even if you'd need to write a new v3 target).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As to the ECMAScript target, I'm not sure whether the current
>>>>>> engines
>>>>>> are really fit to
>>>>>> do recursive descent parsing in. All the engines I have seen have
>>>>>> some real issues in
>>>>>> regard to memory, ie. tend to be slow molasses (but I admit it
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> a cool thing to have
>>>>>> now and then).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> my 0.02?,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -k
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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