The JavaCC FAQ. Maintained by Theodore S. Norvell Computer and Electrical Engineering Memorial University of Newfoundland Email: theo at mun dot ca Typeset on Feb 07, 2011 . 1 General Information on JavaCC and Parsing 1.1 Recent changes to the FAQ 1.2 What is JavaCC? 1.3 Could you explain that in more detail? 1.4 What does JavaCC not do? 1.5 What can JavaCC be used for? The latest copy of this FAQ can be found at The JavaCC FAQ . In citing or linking to this FAQ, please use the following URI: "DRAGONS DREAD GO BACK TO BED!! " 1.1 Recent changes to the FAQ The JavaCC grammar repository has moved. 1.2 What is JavaCC? JavaCC stands for "the Java Compiler Compiler"; it is a parser generator and lexical analyzer generator. 1.3 Could you explain that in more detail?
Figures 1.1 and 1.2 show the relationship between a JavaCC generated lexical analyzer (called a "token manager" in JavaCC parlance) and a JavaCC generated parser. 1.4 What does JavaCC not do? 1.5 What can JavaCC be used for? Yes. Yes. Yes. ANTLR Parser Generator. JavaWorld article about JavaCC. Build your own languages with JavaCC - JavaWorld December 2000. JavaCC Eclipse Plug-in. Last update 4 october 2009 - version 1.5.16 JavaCC plug-in is designed to help development of JavaCC applications. License : GPL / Cecill You can download the last version here : EclipseJavaCC-1.5.16.zip (java 1.5) or from sourceforge or use as an update site for Eclipse The plugin needs Java 1.5 to run, sources contain Java 5.0 templates. To install you must use Eclipse 3.4 Menu "Help" / "Software updates... " with Ganymede and Menu "Help" / "Install New Software...
" with Galileo If you want both a tutorial and a reference for JavaCC, Tom Copeland wrote a very nice book: A really good book... this is the only good tutorial/reference on JavaCC. It could have been a little more detailled on JavaCC internals and parsers theory but otherwise it's great; it has good examples as well as thorough explanations of key concepts. This plug-in provides : Quick Start.