Package org.opencypher.tools.g4tree

Interface GrammarItem

All Known Subinterfaces:

Element

All Known Implementing Classes:

BnfSymbolLiteral, CharacterLiteral, ElementWithCardinality, EOFreference, ExclusionCharacterSet, FreeTextItem, GrammarName, GrammarTop, Group, InAlternative, InAlternatives, InHeader, InLiteral, InOptional, ListedCharacterSet, NamedCharacterSet, OneOrMore, Rule, RuleId, RuleList, ZeroOrMore

public interface GrammarItem

an item in a grammar.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	GrammarItem.ItemType

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	INDENT	default indentation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<GrammarItem>	getChildren()	get the child items as a list.
String	getStructure(String indent)	Reserialise showing the internal structure of the grammar.
GrammarItem.ItemType	getType()	what type, in terms of how to process its conversion to main grammar
boolean	isKeywordPart()	Could this be part or all of a keyword ? Is either a letter or all of its parts are letters
boolean	isPlural()	are there more than one of these items.
GrammarItem	reachThrough()	if this item is a wrapper round a single item, get that one.

Field Detail

INDENT

static final String INDENT

default indentation

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getType

GrammarItem.ItemType getType()

what type, in terms of how to process its conversion to main grammar

Returns:

getChildren

List<GrammarItem> getChildren()

get the child items as a list. Terminals will return an empty list, non-lists will return a list of one.

Returns:

isPlural

boolean isPlural()

are there more than one of these items. Some serialisations will require brackets of some kind if there are

Returns:

true if there are multiple of these items.

reachThrough

GrammarItem reachThrough()

if this item is a wrapper round a single item, get that one. A wrapper may affect cardinality, optionality etc.

Returns:

the wrapped item, or this item itself it if isn't wrapper.

isKeywordPart

boolean isKeywordPart()

Could this be part or all of a keyword ? Is either a letter or all of its parts are letters

Returns:

true iff this could be part of a keyword

getStructure

String getStructure(String indent)

Reserialise showing the internal structure of the grammar. This is based on the rules of the "orignal BNF" g4, and may not correspond to how the user thinks of the structure

Parameters:

indent - how much to indent each level of the structure

Returns:

a String showing the internals and values in the grammar