Building Parsers With Java?

Create mini-languages that extend Java to solve virtually any problem. Unleash the power of parsers: key concepts, proven techniques, and start-to-finish examples. Data, logic, and query languages; parsing regular expressions and arithmetic; and much more. Authored by a leading pioneer in parser R&D; foreword by noted software guru John Vlissides! No programming language can solve every problem, but Java can be extended to solve a far wider range of problems through the use of parsers -- mini-languages that bridge the gap between humans and computers, and offer targeted solutions for specific problem domains. In Building Parsers with Java™, Steven John Metsker presents the first complete, start-to-finish guide to building parsers with Java. Metsker first explains what a parser is, introduces the building blocks of applied parsers, shows how to compose new parsers from existing ones; and walks step-by-step through designing, coding, and testing a working parser. Next, he presents in-depth coverage of creating Java-based parsers for a wide range of problem domains. You'll learn how to create parsers that can read elements of a data language; how to transform a grammar, ensuring the correct behavior of operators in a language; how to build arithmetic and regular expression parsers, and more. Metsker shows how to extend existing parser toolkits, and introduces a logic engine that can be used in a wide range of parsers, including both logic and query languages. Steven John Metsker is an independent consultant who has been empowering application developers for years. His how-to-articles have appeared in Java Report, JOOP, Distributed Object Computing, and Object Magazine.