Hi Fidel,

thank you very much, I'll take a look at that.

Luigi



2014-08-11 21:21 GMT+02:00 Fidel H Viegas <[email protected]>:

> Hi Luigi,
>
> The dependency is just a jar, so it is not that much of a hassle anyway.
> I'd suggest you go with ANTLR. Have a look at the Hibernate HQL parser and
> see how they have integrated it into the Hibernate project. Here is the
> grammar
> https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/master/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/hql.g
>
> You can always have a look at the whole source code to see how it was
> integrated. I guess it is easier if you follow some working example.
>
> Take care!
>
> Fidel H Viegas
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Luigi Dell'Aquila <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thank you very much for your feedback, I'm in charge of this task and I'm
>> about to start it.
>> I'm not a parser expert, so I'm still studying all these frameworks (I
>> did something with JavaCC in the past, but nothing very complex).
>> My first impression is that JavaCC is very good for low level control of
>> generated code, while ANTLR is much easier and clearer in the grammar
>> syntax.
>> Of course avoiding a new dependency is a pro for JavaCC.
>> Anyway, writing the grammar is only a part of the job, the real challenge
>> will be integrating the new parser with existing OrientDB code and
>> improving all the related functions (eg. query optimization).
>>
>> I will let you know about the progress of my work
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Luigi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-08-09 21:28 GMT+02:00 Fidel H Viegas <[email protected]>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Curtis Ruck <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've used antlr 3 & 4, and the changes in 4 make it extremely easy to
>>>> use, within the scope of parsing grammars. The only benefit to javacc that
>>>> I'm aware of is the lack of a runtime dependency, but I believe the
>>>> flexibility during grammar development more than makes up for it since the
>>>> antlr license is friendly.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I haven't played with ANTLR in a while, but I have used antlr 3 last
>>> year. JavaCC on its own without JJTree is not as easy as SableCC or ANTLR
>>> with regards to tree traversals. I tried to use it in a project a couple of
>>> years ago, but dumped it over SableCC due to simplicity. It was faster than
>>> SableCC, though.
>>>
>>> What are you guys using at the moment?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Fidel H Viegas
>>>
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