The Definitive ANTLR 4 Reference

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Welcome Aboard!
	Who Is This Book For?
	What\'s So Cool About ANTLR V4?
	What\'s in This Book?
	Learning More About ANTLR Online
Part I—Introducing ANTLR and Computer Languages
	1. Meet ANTLR
		Installing ANTLR
		Executing ANTLR and Testing Recognizers
	2. The Big Picture
		Let\'s Get Meta!
		Implementing Parsers
		You Can\'t Put Too Much Water into a Nuclear Reactor
		Building Language Applications Using Parse Trees
		Parse-Tree Listeners and Visitors
	3. A Starter ANTLR Project
		The ANTLR Tool, Runtime, and Generated Code
		Testing the Generated Parser
		Integrating a Generated Parser into a Java Program
		Building a Language Application
	4. A Quick Tour
		Matching an Arithmetic Expression Language
		Building a Calculator Using a Visitor
		Building a Translator with a Listener
		Making Things Happen During the Parse
		Cool Lexical Features
Part II—Developing Language Applications with ANTLR Grammars
	5. Designing Grammars
		Deriving Grammars from Language Samples
		Using Existing Grammars as a Guide
		Recognizing Common Language Patterns with ANTLR Grammars
		Dealing with Precedence, Left Recursion, and Associativity
		Recognizing Common Lexical Structures
		Drawing the Line Between Lexer and Parser
	6. Exploring Some Real Grammars
		Parsing Comma-Separated Values
		Parsing JSON
		Parsing DOT
		Parsing Cymbol
		Parsing R
	7. Decoupling Grammars from Application-Specific Code
		Evolving from Embedded Actions to Listeners
		Implementing Applications with Parse-Tree Listeners
		Implementing Applications with Visitors
		Labeling Rule Alternatives for Precise Event Methods
		Sharing Information Among Event Methods
	8. Building Some Real Language Applications
		Loading CSV Data
		Translating JSON to XML
		Generating a Call Graph
		Validating Program Symbol Usage
Part III—Advanced Topics
	9. Error Reporting and Recovery
		A Parade of Errors
		Altering and Redirecting ANTLR Error Messages
		Automatic Error Recovery Strategy
		Error Alternatives
		Altering ANTLR\'s Error Handling Strategy
	10. Attributes and Actions
		Building a Calculator with Grammar Actions
		Accessing Token and Rule Attributes
		Recognizing Languages Whose Keywords Aren\'t Fixed
	11. Altering the Parse with Semantic Predicates
		Recognizing Multiple Language Dialects
		Deactivating Tokens
		Recognizing Ambiguous Phrases
	12. Wielding Lexical Black Magic
		Broadcasting Tokens on Different Channels
		Context-Sensitive Lexical Problems
		Islands in the Stream
		Parsing and Lexing XML
Part IV—ANTLR Reference
	13. Exploring the Runtime API
		Library Package Overview
		Recognizers
		Input Streams of Characters and Tokens
		Tokens and Token Factories
		Parse Trees
		Error Listeners and Strategies
		Maximizing Parser Speed
		Unbuffered Character and Token Streams
		Altering ANTLR\'s Code Generation
	14. Removing Direct Left Recursion
		Direct Left-Recursive Alternative Patterns
		Left-Recursive Rule Transformations
	15. Grammar Reference
		Grammar Lexicon
		Grammar Structure
		Parser Rules
		Actions and Attributes
		Lexer Rules
		Wildcard Operator and Nongreedy Subrules
		Semantic Predicates
		Options
		ANTLR Tool Command-Line Options
A1. Bibliography
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