Added complete example for a parser.

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Maurice Makaay 2019-05-24 23:41:47 +00:00
parent 070a215ac3
commit 723e2a0c38
4 changed files with 164 additions and 17 deletions

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@ -2,10 +2,122 @@ package parsekit_test
import (
"fmt"
"strconv"
"git.makaay.nl/mauricem/go-parsekit"
)
func Example_minimal() {
// Let's write a small example for parsing a really basic calculator.
// The calculator understands input that looks like:
//
// 10 + 20 - 8+4
//
// So positive numbers that can be either added or substracted, with
// optional whitespace around the operators.
// Easy access to parser/combinators, atoms and modifiers.
var c, a, m = parsekit.C, parsekit.A, parsekit.M
// When writing a parser, it's a good start to use the parser/combinator
// functionality of parsekit to create some Matcher functions. These
// functions can later be used in the parser state machine to find the
// matching tokens on the input data.
var number = c.OneOrMore(a.Digit)
var whitespace = m.Drop(c.Opt(a.Whitespace))
var operator = c.Seq(whitespace, c.Any(a.Plus, a.Minus), whitespace)
// We also must define the types of items that the parser will emit.
// We only need two: for numbers and for operators.
// The recommended way to define these, is using 'iota' for auto numbering.
const (
numberType parsekit.ItemType = iota
operatorType
)
// Now it is time to define the state machine for parsing the input.
// The state machine is built up from functions that match the StateHandler
// signature: func(*parsekit.P)
// The P struct holds the internal state for the parser and it provides
// some methods that form the API for your StateHandler implementation.
//
// Note that normally you'd write normal functions and not anonymous
// functions like I did here. I had to use these to be able to write the
// example code.
var operatorHandler parsekit.StateHandler
numberHandler := func(p *parsekit.P) {
p.Expects("a number")
if p.On(number).Accept().End() {
p.EmitLiteral(numberType)
p.RouteTo(operatorHandler)
}
}
operatorHandler = func(p *parsekit.P) {
if p.On(operator).Accept().End() {
p.EmitLiteral(operatorType)
p.RouteTo(numberHandler)
} else {
p.ExpectEndOfFile()
}
}
// All is ready for our parser. We now can create a new Parser struct.
// We need to tell it what the start state is. In our case, it's the
// of course the number state.
parser := parsekit.NewParser(numberHandler)
// Let's fee the parser some input to work with.
run := parser.Parse("153+ 22+31 - 4- 6+42")
// We can step through the results of the parsing process by repeated
// calls to run.Next(). Next() returns the next parse item, a parse
// error or an end of file. Let's dump the parse results and handle the
// computation while we're at it.
sum := 0
op := +1
for {
item, err, ok := run.Next()
switch {
case !ok && err == nil:
fmt.Println("End of file reached")
fmt.Println("Outcome of computation:", sum)
return
case !ok:
fmt.Printf("Error: %s\n", err)
return
default:
fmt.Printf("Type: %d, Value: %q\n", item.Type, item.Value)
switch {
case item.Type == operatorType && item.Value == "+":
op = +1
case item.Type == operatorType && item.Value == "-":
op = -1
default:
nr, _ := strconv.Atoi(item.Value)
sum += op * nr
}
}
}
// Output:
// Type: 0, Value: "153"
// Type: 1, Value: "+"
// Type: 0, Value: "22"
// Type: 1, Value: "+"
// Type: 0, Value: "31"
// Type: 1, Value: "-"
// Type: 0, Value: "4"
// Type: 1, Value: "-"
// Type: 0, Value: "6"
// Type: 1, Value: "+"
// Type: 0, Value: "42"
// End of file reached
// Outcome of computation: 238
}
func ExampleItemType() {
// Make use of positive values. Ideally, define your ItemTypes using
// iota for easy automatic value management like this:
@ -17,6 +129,41 @@ func ExampleItemType() {
)
}
func ExampleItem() {
var c = parsekit.C
// You define your own item types for your specific parser.
var QuestionItem parsekit.ItemType = 42
// A StateHandler function can use the defined item type by means of
// the p.Emit* methods on parsekit.P.
// When errors occur, or the end of the file is reached, then the built-in
// types parsekit.ItemEOF and parsekit.ItemError will be emitted by parsekit.
stateHandler := func(p *parsekit.P) {
if p.On(c.Str("question")).Accept().End() {
p.EmitLiteral(QuestionItem)
}
p.ExpectEndOfFile()
}
// Successful match
item, _, ok := parsekit.NewParser(stateHandler).Parse("question").Next()
fmt.Println(ok, item.Type == QuestionItem, item.Value)
// End of file reached
item, _, ok = parsekit.NewParser(stateHandler).Parse("").Next()
fmt.Println(ok, item.Type == parsekit.ItemEOF)
// An error occurred
item, err, ok := parsekit.NewParser(stateHandler).Parse("answer").Next()
fmt.Println(ok, item.Type == parsekit.ItemError, err)
// Output:
// true true question
// false true
// false true unexpected character 'a' (expected end of file)
}
func ExampleError() {
err := &parsekit.Error{
Message: "it broke down",
@ -89,32 +236,32 @@ func ExampleModifyToUpper() {
// Easy access to the parsekit definitions.
var c, a, m = parsekit.C, parsekit.A, parsekit.M
// A Dutch poscode consists of 4 numbers and 2 letters (1234XX).
// The numbers never start with a zero.
// A Dutch postcode consists of 4 digits and 2 letters (1234XX).
// The first digit is never a zero.
digitNotZero := c.Except(c.Rune('0'), a.Digit)
numbers := c.Seq(digitNotZero, c.Rep(3, a.Digit))
pcDigits := c.Seq(digitNotZero, c.Rep(3, a.Digit))
// It is good form to write the letters in upper case.
letter := c.Any(a.ASCIILower, a.ASCIIUpper)
letters := m.ToUpper(c.Seq(letter, letter))
pcLetter := c.Any(a.ASCIILower, a.ASCIIUpper)
pcLetters := m.ToUpper(c.Seq(pcLetter, pcLetter))
// It is good form to use a single space between letters and numbers,
// but it is not mandatory.
space := m.Replace(c.Opt(a.Whitespace), " ")
// With all the building blocks, we can now build the postcode parser.
postcode := c.Seq(numbers, space, letters)
postcode := c.Seq(pcDigits, space, pcLetters)
// Create a parser and let is parse some postcode inputs.
// This will print "1234 AB" for every input, because of the built-in normalization.
p := parsekit.NewMatcherWrapper(postcode)
for _, input := range []string{"1234 AB", "1234Ab", "1234 ab", "1234ab"} {
output, _, _ := p.Match("1234 AB")
for _, input := range []string{"1234 AB", "1234Ab", "1234\t\tab", "1234ab"} {
output, _, _ := p.Match(input)
fmt.Printf("Input: %q, output: %q\n", input, output)
}
// Output:
// Input: "1234 AB", output: "1234 AB"
// Input: "1234Ab", output: "1234 AB"
// Input: "1234 ab", output: "1234 AB"
// Input: "1234\t\tab", output: "1234 AB"
// Input: "1234ab", output: "1234 AB"
}

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@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ func (run *Run) Next() (Item, *Error, bool) {
func (run *Run) makeReturnValues(i Item) (Item, *Error, bool) {
switch {
case i.Type == itemEOF:
case i.Type == ItemEOF:
return i, nil, false
case i.Type == itemError:
case i.Type == ItemError:
run.p.err = &Error{i.Value, run.p.cursorLine, run.p.cursorColumn}
return i, run.p.err, false
default:

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@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (p *P) ExpectEndOfFile() {
p.RouteTo(func(p *P) {
p.Expects("end of file")
if p.On(A.EndOfFile).Stay().End() {
p.Emit(itemEOF, "EOF")
p.Emit(ItemEOF, "EOF")
}
})
}

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@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ import (
// use by parsekit.
type ItemType int
// itemEOF is a built-in parser item type that is used for flagging that the
// ItemEOF is a built-in parser item type that is used for flagging that the
// end of the input was reached.
const itemEOF ItemType = -1
const ItemEOF ItemType = -1
// itemError is a built-in parser item type that is used for flagging that
// ItemError is a built-in parser item type that is used for flagging that
// an error has occurred during parsing.
const itemError ItemType = -2
const ItemError ItemType = -2
// Item represents an item that can be emitted from the parser.
type Item struct {
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (err *Error) ErrorFull() string {
// EmitError emits a Parser error item to the client.
func (p *P) EmitError(format string, args ...interface{}) {
message := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
p.Emit(itemError, message)
p.Emit(ItemError, message)
}
// UnexpectedInput is used by a StateHandler function to emit an error item