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On 04/27/2014 06:46 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> What is considered the best parser nowadays that generates the parser
> in Java source code?
>
> What I need in an abbreviated Java parser just to cut the program into
> chunks, each class within that each declaration and method.
>
> I have already written the parsing that takes it from there.
>
> The idea is to rearrange your code in a defined canonical order,
> e.g. statics before instance primitives before references, char before
> int...
>
> If I were designing Java, I would have put a keyword on the front of
> each declaration e.g. dcl, and each method "method".
>
> This would make parsing simpler and faster. It would also make
> navigating with a simple search string easier. IF the keyword were
> shown in special colour, it would make it much easier by eye to detect
> method starts.
>

Not parser generator but some issues to be aware of.
<http://openjdk.java.net/projects/compiler-grammar/>