Generate source code with a JavaCC parser.

[Julien HENRY <he...@yahoo.fr>]

Hi all,

I want to generate Java code for my project with JavaCC. Actually, it's not JavaCC that generate final source code, but JavaCC will generate a parser that will parse one of the file of my project and generate the expected file.

To be clearer, I have a Java file named WebTester.java and I want to generate WebTestCase.java. I wrote a JavaCC file (parser.jj) that generate a Parser.java. Once compiled, Parser.class will take WebTester.java and output WebTestCase.java.

How can I integrate this in my build? I know the maven-javacc-plugin, but it's not exactly what I want. Indeed, the plugin create Parser.java from parser.jj and add it to the Maven build directory, but it doesn't provide a way to run the parser before compile phase.
I'm considering using ant to compile/run Parser.java before the compile phase, but it's ugly. Do you know a better way?

Thanks

Julien




	

	
		
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