Subj : AST manipulation
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Kristoffer Olson" <kristoffer.olson@home.se>
Date : Fri Oct 03 2003 09:42 am

  Hi,

  I have som EcmaScript/JavaScript that can be run in Rhino and Internet
Explorer script engine.
  The code base is large, and I would like to fix some flaws in it by
finding patterns in the source code.
  My idea is to parse the files and search for these patterns and fix the
problem by manipulating the AST tree and serialize the modified tree.

  Any suggestions on how to modify Rhino to do this type of thing?

  So far I've tried diffrent grammars for JavaCC, ANTLR, SableCC etc., but
always finding that the generated parser can't interpret my files.
  Does anybody have any EcmaScript compliant grammar to recommend, readable
by e.g. JavaCC, SableCC, ANTLR or such?

  Best Regards

  Kristoffer

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