Fence - A Context-free Grammar Parser with Constraints for Model-driven Language Specification

Luis Quesada, Fernando Berzal, Francisco J. Cortijo

2012

Abstract

Traditional language processing tools constrain language designers to specific kinds of grammars. In contrast, model-based language specification decouples language design from language processing. As a consequence, model-based language specification tools need general parsers able to parse unrestricted context-free grammars. As languages specified following this approach may be ambiguous, parsers must deal with ambiguities. Model-based language specification also allows the definition of associativity, precedence, and custom constraints. Therefore parsers generated by model-driven language specification tools need to enforce constraints. In this paper, we propose Fence, an efficient bottom-up chart parser with lexical and syntactic ambiguity support that allows the specification of constraints and, therefore, enables the use of model-based language specification in practice.

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Quesada L., Berzal F. and J. Cortijo F. (2012). Fence - A Context-free Grammar Parser with Constraints for Model-driven Language Specification . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8565-19-8, pages 5-13. DOI: 10.5220/0003949800050013


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@conference{icsoft12,
author={Luis Quesada and Fernando Berzal and Francisco J. Cortijo},
title={Fence - A Context-free Grammar Parser with Constraints for Model-driven Language Specification},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2012},
pages={5-13},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003949800050013},
isbn={978-989-8565-19-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - Fence - A Context-free Grammar Parser with Constraints for Model-driven Language Specification
SN - 978-989-8565-19-8
AU - Quesada L.
AU - Berzal F.
AU - J. Cortijo F.
PY - 2012
SP - 5
EP - 13
DO - 10.5220/0003949800050013