To give you a feel for what grammar specification looks like with parboiled for Scala consider the following classic "calculator" example, with these rules in a simple pseudo notation:
Expression ← Term ((‘+’ / ‘-’) Term)*
Term ← Factor ((‘*’ / ‘/’) Factor)*
Factor ← Number / ‘(’ Expression ‘)’
Number ← [0-9]+
A parboiled parser definition, complete and in ready-to-compile Scala code would look like this:
import org.parboiled.scala._
class SimpleCalculator extends Parser {
def Expression: Rule0 = rule { Term ~ zeroOrMore(anyOf("+-") ~ Term) }
def Term = rule { Factor ~ zeroOrMore(anyOf("*/") ~ Factor) }
def Factor = rule { Number | "(" ~ Expression ~ ")" }
def Number = rule { oneOrMore("0" - "9") }
}
Last modified 16 December 2024