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lr_parser.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API43717Fri Aug 26 14:54:54 BST 2005com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime

lr_parser

public abstract class lr_parser extends Object
This class implements a skeleton table driven LR parser. In general, LR parsers are a form of bottom up shift-reduce parsers. Shift-reduce parsers act by shifting input onto a parse stack until the Symbols matching the right hand side of a production appear on the top of the stack. Once this occurs, a reduce is performed. This involves removing the Symbols corresponding to the right hand side of the production (the so called "handle") and replacing them with the non-terminal from the left hand side of the production.

To control the decision of whether to shift or reduce at any given point, the parser uses a state machine (the "viable prefix recognition machine" built by the parser generator). The current state of the machine is placed on top of the parse stack (stored as part of a Symbol object representing a terminal or non terminal). The parse action table is consulted (using the current state and the current lookahead Symbol as indexes) to determine whether to shift or to reduce. When the parser shifts, it changes to a new state by pushing a new Symbol (containing a new state) onto the stack. When the parser reduces, it pops the handle (right hand side of a production) off the stack. This leaves the parser in the state it was in before any of those Symbols were matched. Next the reduce-goto table is consulted (using the new state and current lookahead Symbol as indexes) to determine a new state to go to. The parser then shifts to this goto state by pushing the left hand side Symbol of the production (also containing the new state) onto the stack.

This class actually provides four LR parsers. The methods parse() and debug_parse() provide two versions of the main parser (the only difference being that debug_parse() emits debugging trace messages as it parses). In addition to these main parsers, the error recovery mechanism uses two more. One of these is used to simulate "parsing ahead" in the input without carrying out actions (to verify that a potential error recovery has worked), and the other is used to parse through buffered "parse ahead" input in order to execute all actions and re-synchronize the actual parser configuration.

This is an abstract class which is normally filled out by a subclass generated by the JavaCup parser generator. In addition to supplying the actual parse tables, generated code also supplies methods which invoke various pieces of user supplied code, provide access to certain special Symbols (e.g., EOF and error), etc. Specifically, the following abstract methods are normally supplied by generated code:

short[][] production_table()
Provides a reference to the production table (indicating the index of the left hand side non terminal and the length of the right hand side for each production in the grammar).
short[][] action_table()
Provides a reference to the parse action table.
short[][] reduce_table()
Provides a reference to the reduce-goto table.
int start_state()
Indicates the index of the start state.
int start_production()
Indicates the index of the starting production.
int EOF_sym()
Indicates the index of the EOF Symbol.
int error_sym()
Indicates the index of the error Symbol.
Symbol do_action()
Executes a piece of user supplied action code. This always comes at the point of a reduce in the parse, so this code also allocates and fills in the left hand side non terminal Symbol object that is to be pushed onto the stack for the reduce.
void init_actions()
Code to initialize a special object that encapsulates user supplied actions (this object is used by do_action() to actually carry out the actions).
In addition to these routines that must be supplied by the generated subclass there are also a series of routines that may be supplied. These include:
Symbol scan()
Used to get the next input Symbol from the scanner.
Scanner getScanner()
Used to provide a scanner for the default implementation of scan().
int error_sync_size()
This determines how many Symbols past the point of an error must be parsed without error in order to consider a recovery to be valid. This defaults to 3. Values less than 2 are not recommended.
void report_error(String message, Object info)
This method is called to report an error. The default implementation simply prints a message to System.err and where the error occurred. This method is often replaced in order to provide a more sophisticated error reporting mechanism.
void report_fatal_error(String message, Object info)
This method is called when a fatal error that cannot be recovered from is encountered. In the default implementation, it calls report_error() to emit a message, then throws an exception.
void syntax_error(Symbol cur_token)
This method is called as soon as syntax error is detected (but before recovery is attempted). In the default implementation it invokes: report_error("Syntax error", null);
void unrecovered_syntax_error(Symbol cur_token)
This method is called if syntax error recovery fails. In the default implementation it invokes:
report_fatal_error("Couldn't repair and continue parse", null);
see
com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symbol
see
com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symbol
see
com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.virtual_parse_stack
version
last updated: 7/3/96
author
Frank Flannery

Fields Summary
protected static final int
_error_sync_size
The default number of Symbols after an error we much match to consider it recovered from.
protected boolean
_done_parsing
Internal flag to indicate when parser should quit.
protected int
tos
Indication of the index for top of stack (for use by actions).
protected Symbol
cur_token
The current lookahead Symbol.
protected Stack
stack
The parse stack itself.
protected short[]
production_tab
Direct reference to the production table.
protected short[]
action_tab
Direct reference to the action table.
protected short[]
reduce_tab
Direct reference to the reduce-goto table.
private Scanner
_scanner
This is the scanner object used by the default implementation of scan() to get Symbols. To avoid name conflicts with existing code, this field is private. [CSA/davidm]
protected Symbol[]
lookahead
Lookahead Symbols used for attempting error recovery "parse aheads".
protected int
lookahead_pos
Position in lookahead input buffer used for "parse ahead".
Constructors Summary
public lr_parser()
Simple constructor.

      /* nothing to do here */
    
public lr_parser(Scanner s)
Constructor that sets the default scanner. [CSA/davidm]

    this(); /* in case default constructor someday does something */
    setScanner(s);
  
Methods Summary
public abstract intEOF_sym()
The index of the end of file terminal Symbol (supplied by generated subclass).

public abstract short[][]action_table()
The action table (supplied by generated subclass). This table is indexed by state and terminal number indicating what action is to be taken when the parser is in the given state (i.e., the given state is on top of the stack) and the given terminal is next on the input. States are indexed using the first dimension, however, the entries for a given state are compacted and stored in adjacent index, value pairs which are searched for rather than accessed directly (see get_action()). The actions stored in the table will be either shifts, reduces, or errors. Shifts are encoded as positive values (one greater than the state shifted to). Reduces are encoded as negative values (one less than the production reduced by). Error entries are denoted by zero.

see
com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.lr_parser#get_action

protected booleanadvance_lookahead()
Advance to next "parse ahead" input Symbol. Return true if we have input to advance to, false otherwise.

      /* advance the input location */
      lookahead_pos++;

      /* return true if we didn't go off the end */
      return lookahead_pos < error_sync_size();
    
protected com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symbolcur_err_token()
Return the current lookahead in our error "parse ahead" buffer.

 return lookahead[lookahead_pos]; 
public voiddebug_message(java.lang.String mess)
Write a debugging message to System.err for the debugging version of the parser.

param
mess the text of the debugging message.

      System.err.println(mess);
    
public com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symboldebug_parse()
Perform a parse with debugging output. This does exactly the same things as parse(), except that it calls debug_shift() and debug_reduce() when shift and reduce moves are taken by the parser and produces various other debugging messages.

      /* the current action code */
      int act;

      /* the Symbol/stack element returned by a reduce */
      Symbol lhs_sym = null;

      /* information about production being reduced with */
      short handle_size, lhs_sym_num;

      /* set up direct reference to tables to drive the parser */
      production_tab = production_table();
      action_tab     = action_table();
      reduce_tab     = reduce_table();

      debug_message("# Initializing parser");

      /* initialize the action encapsulation object */
      init_actions();

      /* do user initialization */
      user_init();

      /* the current Symbol */
      cur_token = scan(); 

      debug_message("# Current Symbol is #" + cur_token.sym);

      /* push dummy Symbol with start state to get us underway */
      stack.removeAllElements();
      stack.push(new Symbol(0, start_state()));
      tos = 0;

      /* continue until we are told to stop */
      for (_done_parsing = false; !_done_parsing; )
	{
	  /* Check current token for freshness. */
	  if (cur_token.used_by_parser)
	    throw new Error("Symbol recycling detected (fix your scanner).");

	  /* current state is always on the top of the stack */
	  //debug_stack();

	  /* look up action out of the current state with the current input */
	  act = get_action(((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state, cur_token.sym);

	  /* decode the action -- > 0 encodes shift */
	  if (act > 0)
	    {
	      /* shift to the encoded state by pushing it on the stack */
	      cur_token.parse_state = act-1;
	      cur_token.used_by_parser = true;
	      debug_shift(cur_token);
	      stack.push(cur_token);
	      tos++;

	      /* advance to the next Symbol */
	      cur_token = scan();
              debug_message("# Current token is " + cur_token);
	    }
	  /* if its less than zero, then it encodes a reduce action */
	  else if (act < 0)
	    {
	      /* perform the action for the reduce */
	      lhs_sym = do_action((-act)-1, this, stack, tos);

	      /* look up information about the production */
	      lhs_sym_num = production_tab[(-act)-1][0];
	      handle_size = production_tab[(-act)-1][1];

	      debug_reduce((-act)-1, lhs_sym_num, handle_size);

	      /* pop the handle off the stack */
	      for (int i = 0; i < handle_size; i++)
		{
		  stack.pop();
		  tos--;
		}
	      
	      /* look up the state to go to from the one popped back to */
	      act = get_reduce(((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state, lhs_sym_num);
	      debug_message("# Reduce rule: top state " +
			     ((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state +
			     ", lhs sym " + lhs_sym_num + " -> state " + act); 

	      /* shift to that state */
	      lhs_sym.parse_state = act;
	      lhs_sym.used_by_parser = true;
	      stack.push(lhs_sym);
	      tos++;

	      debug_message("# Goto state #" + act);
	    }
	  /* finally if the entry is zero, we have an error */
	  else if (act == 0)
	    {
	      /* call user syntax error reporting routine */
	      syntax_error(cur_token);

	      /* try to error recover */
	      if (!error_recovery(true))
		{
		  /* if that fails give up with a fatal syntax error */
		  unrecovered_syntax_error(cur_token);

		  /* just in case that wasn't fatal enough, end parse */
		  done_parsing();
		} else {
		  lhs_sym = (Symbol)stack.peek();
		}
	    }
	}
      return lhs_sym;
    
public voiddebug_reduce(int prod_num, int nt_num, int rhs_size)
Do debug output for a reduce.

param
prod_num the production we are reducing with.
param
nt_num the index of the LHS non terminal.
param
rhs_size the size of the RHS.

      debug_message("# Reduce with prod #" + prod_num + " [NT=" + nt_num + 
	            ", " + "SZ=" + rhs_size + "]");
    
public voiddebug_shift(com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symbol shift_tkn)
Do debug output for shift.

param
shift_tkn the Symbol being shifted onto the stack.

      debug_message("# Shift under term #" + shift_tkn.sym + 
		    " to state #" + shift_tkn.parse_state);
    
public voiddebug_stack()
Do debug output for stack state. [CSA]

      StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer("## STACK:");
      for (int i=0; i<stack.size(); i++) {
	  Symbol s = (Symbol) stack.elementAt(i);
	  sb.append(" <state "+s.parse_state+", sym "+s.sym+">");
	  if ((i%3)==2 || (i==(stack.size()-1))) {
	      debug_message(sb.toString());
	      sb = new StringBuffer("         ");
	  }
      }
  
public abstract com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symboldo_action(int act_num, com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.lr_parser parser, java.util.Stack stack, int top)
Perform a bit of user supplied action code (supplied by generated subclass). Actions are indexed by an internal action number assigned at parser generation time.

param
act_num the internal index of the action to be performed.
param
parser the parser object we are acting for.
param
stack the parse stack of that object.
param
top the index of the top element of the parse stack.

public voiddone_parsing()
This method is called to indicate that the parser should quit. This is normally called by an accept action, but can be used to cancel parsing early in other circumstances if desired.


  /*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*/

                                           
    
    
      _done_parsing = true;
    
public voiddump_stack()
Dump the parse stack for debugging purposes.

      if (stack == null)
	{
	  debug_message("# Stack dump requested, but stack is null");
	  return;
	}

      debug_message("============ Parse Stack Dump ============");

      /* dump the stack */
      for (int i=0; i<stack.size(); i++)
	{
	  debug_message("Symbol: " + ((Symbol)stack.elementAt(i)).sym +
			" State: " + ((Symbol)stack.elementAt(i)).parse_state);
	}
      debug_message("==========================================");
    
protected booleanerror_recovery(boolean debug)
Attempt to recover from a syntax error. This returns false if recovery fails, true if it succeeds. Recovery happens in 4 steps. First we pop the parse stack down to a point at which we have a shift out of the top-most state on the error Symbol. This represents the initial error recovery configuration. If no such configuration is found, then we fail. Next a small number of "lookahead" or "parse ahead" Symbols are read into a buffer. The size of this buffer is determined by error_sync_size() and determines how many Symbols beyond the error must be matched to consider the recovery a success. Next, we begin to discard Symbols in attempt to get past the point of error to a point where we can continue parsing. After each Symbol, we attempt to "parse ahead" though the buffered lookahead Symbols. The "parse ahead" process simulates that actual parse, but does not modify the real parser's configuration, nor execute any actions. If we can parse all the stored Symbols without error, then the recovery is considered a success. Once a successful recovery point is determined, we do an actual parse over the stored input -- modifying the real parse configuration and executing all actions. Finally, we return the the normal parser to continue with the overall parse.

param
debug should we produce debugging messages as we parse.

      if (debug) debug_message("# Attempting error recovery");

      /* first pop the stack back into a state that can shift on error and 
	 do that shift (if that fails, we fail) */
      if (!find_recovery_config(debug))
	{
	  if (debug) debug_message("# Error recovery fails");
	  return false;
	}

      /* read ahead to create lookahead we can parse multiple times */
      read_lookahead();

      /* repeatedly try to parse forward until we make it the required dist */
      for (;;)
	{
	  /* try to parse forward, if it makes it, bail out of loop */
	  if (debug) debug_message("# Trying to parse ahead");
	  if (try_parse_ahead(debug))
	    {
	      break;
	    }

	  /* if we are now at EOF, we have failed */
	  if (lookahead[0].sym == EOF_sym()) 
	    {
	      if (debug) debug_message("# Error recovery fails at EOF");
	      return false;
	    }

	  /* otherwise, we consume another Symbol and try again */
	  if (debug) 
	  debug_message("# Consuming Symbol #" + cur_err_token().sym);
	  restart_lookahead();
	}

      /* we have consumed to a point where we can parse forward */
      if (debug) debug_message("# Parse-ahead ok, going back to normal parse");

      /* do the real parse (including actions) across the lookahead */
      parse_lookahead(debug);

      /* we have success */
      return true;
    
public abstract interror_sym()
The index of the special error Symbol (supplied by generated subclass).

protected interror_sync_size()
The number of Symbols after an error we much match to consider it recovered from.


  /*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*/

                       
     return _error_sync_size; 
protected booleanfind_recovery_config(boolean debug)
Put the (real) parse stack into error recovery configuration by popping the stack down to a state that can shift on the special error Symbol, then doing the shift. If no suitable state exists on the stack we return false

param
debug should we produce debugging messages as we parse.

      Symbol error_token;
      int act;

      if (debug) debug_message("# Finding recovery state on stack");

      /* Remember the right-position of the top symbol on the stack */
      int right_pos = ((Symbol)stack.peek()).right;
      int left_pos  = ((Symbol)stack.peek()).left;

      /* pop down until we can shift under error Symbol */
      while (!shift_under_error())
	{
	  /* pop the stack */
	  if (debug) 
	    debug_message("# Pop stack by one, state was # " +
	                  ((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state);
          left_pos = ((Symbol)stack.pop()).left;	
	  tos--;

	  /* if we have hit bottom, we fail */
	  if (stack.empty()) 
	    {
	      if (debug) debug_message("# No recovery state found on stack");
	      return false;
	    }
	}

      /* state on top of the stack can shift under error, find the shift */
      act = get_action(((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state, error_sym());
      if (debug) 
	{
	  debug_message("# Recover state found (#" + 
			((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state + ")");
	  debug_message("# Shifting on error to state #" + (act-1));
	}

      /* build and shift a special error Symbol */
      error_token = new Symbol(error_sym(), left_pos, right_pos);
      error_token.parse_state = act-1;
      error_token.used_by_parser = true;
      stack.push(error_token);
      tos++;

      return true;
    
public com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.ScannergetScanner()
Simple accessor method to get the default scanner.

 return _scanner; 
protected final shortget_action(int state, int sym)
Fetch an action from the action table. The table is broken up into rows, one per state (rows are indexed directly by state number). Within each row, a list of index, value pairs are given (as sequential entries in the table), and the list is terminated by a default entry (denoted with a Symbol index of -1). To find the proper entry in a row we do a linear or binary search (depending on the size of the row).

param
state the state index of the action being accessed.
param
sym the Symbol index of the action being accessed.

      short tag;
      int first, last, probe;
      short[] row = action_tab[state];

      /* linear search if we are < 10 entries */
      if (row.length < 20)
        for (probe = 0; probe < row.length; probe++)
	  {
	    /* is this entry labeled with our Symbol or the default? */
	    tag = row[probe++];
	    if (tag == sym || tag == -1)
	      {
	        /* return the next entry */
	        return row[probe];
	      }
	  }
      /* otherwise binary search */
      else
	{
	  first = 0; 
	  last = (row.length-1)/2 - 1;  /* leave out trailing default entry */
	  while (first <= last)
	    {
	      probe = (first+last)/2;
	      if (sym == row[probe*2])
		return row[probe*2+1];
	      else if (sym > row[probe*2])
		first = probe+1;
	      else
	        last = probe-1;
	    }

	  /* not found, use the default at the end */
	  return row[row.length-1];
	}

      /* shouldn't happened, but if we run off the end we return the 
	 default (error == 0) */
      return 0;
    
protected final shortget_reduce(int state, int sym)
Fetch a state from the reduce-goto table. The table is broken up into rows, one per state (rows are indexed directly by state number). Within each row, a list of index, value pairs are given (as sequential entries in the table), and the list is terminated by a default entry (denoted with a Symbol index of -1). To find the proper entry in a row we do a linear search.

param
state the state index of the entry being accessed.
param
sym the Symbol index of the entry being accessed.

      short tag;
      short[] row = reduce_tab[state];

      /* if we have a null row we go with the default */
      if (row == null)
        return -1;

      for (int probe = 0; probe < row.length; probe++)
	{
	  /* is this entry labeled with our Symbol or the default? */
	  tag = row[probe++];
	  if (tag == sym || tag == -1)
	    {
	      /* return the next entry */
	      return row[probe];
	    }
	}
      /* if we run off the end we return the default (error == -1) */
      return -1;
    
protected abstract voidinit_actions()
Initialize the action object. This is called before the parser does any parse actions. This is filled in by generated code to create an object that encapsulates all action code.

public com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symbolparse()
This method provides the main parsing routine. It returns only when done_parsing() has been called (typically because the parser has accepted, or a fatal error has been reported). See the header documentation for the class regarding how shift/reduce parsers operate and how the various tables are used.

      /* the current action code */
      int act;

      /* the Symbol/stack element returned by a reduce */
      Symbol lhs_sym = null;

      /* information about production being reduced with */
      short handle_size, lhs_sym_num;

      /* set up direct reference to tables to drive the parser */

      production_tab = production_table();
      action_tab     = action_table();
      reduce_tab     = reduce_table();

      /* initialize the action encapsulation object */
      init_actions();

      /* do user initialization */
      user_init();

      /* get the first token */
      cur_token = scan(); 

      /* push dummy Symbol with start state to get us underway */
      stack.removeAllElements();
      stack.push(new Symbol(0, start_state()));
      tos = 0;

      /* continue until we are told to stop */
      for (_done_parsing = false; !_done_parsing; )
	{
	  /* Check current token for freshness. */
	  if (cur_token.used_by_parser)
	    throw new Error("Symbol recycling detected (fix your scanner).");

	  /* current state is always on the top of the stack */

	  /* look up action out of the current state with the current input */
	  act = get_action(((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state, cur_token.sym);

	  /* decode the action -- > 0 encodes shift */
	  if (act > 0)
	    {
	      /* shift to the encoded state by pushing it on the stack */
	      cur_token.parse_state = act-1;
	      cur_token.used_by_parser = true;
	      stack.push(cur_token);
	      tos++;

	      /* advance to the next Symbol */
	      cur_token = scan();
	    }
	  /* if its less than zero, then it encodes a reduce action */
	  else if (act < 0)
	    {
	      /* perform the action for the reduce */
	      lhs_sym = do_action((-act)-1, this, stack, tos);

	      /* look up information about the production */
	      lhs_sym_num = production_tab[(-act)-1][0];
	      handle_size = production_tab[(-act)-1][1];

	      /* pop the handle off the stack */
	      for (int i = 0; i < handle_size; i++)
		{
		  stack.pop();
		  tos--;
		}
	      
	      /* look up the state to go to from the one popped back to */
	      act = get_reduce(((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state, lhs_sym_num);

	      /* shift to that state */
	      lhs_sym.parse_state = act;
	      lhs_sym.used_by_parser = true;
	      stack.push(lhs_sym);
	      tos++;
	    }
	  /* finally if the entry is zero, we have an error */
	  else if (act == 0)
	    {
	      /* call user syntax error reporting routine */
	      syntax_error(cur_token);

	      /* try to error recover */
	      if (!error_recovery(false))
		{
		  /* if that fails give up with a fatal syntax error */
		  unrecovered_syntax_error(cur_token);

		  /* just in case that wasn't fatal enough, end parse */
		  done_parsing();
		} else {
		  lhs_sym = (Symbol)stack.peek();
		}
	    }
	}
      return lhs_sym;
    
protected voidparse_lookahead(boolean debug)
Parse forward using stored lookahead Symbols. In this case we have already verified that parsing will make it through the stored lookahead Symbols and we are now getting back to the point at which we can hand control back to the normal parser. Consequently, this version of the parser performs all actions and modifies the real parse configuration. This returns once we have consumed all the stored input or we accept.

param
debug should we produce debugging messages as we parse.

      /* the current action code */
      int act;

      /* the Symbol/stack element returned by a reduce */
      Symbol lhs_sym = null;

      /* information about production being reduced with */
      short handle_size, lhs_sym_num;

      /* restart the saved input at the beginning */
      lookahead_pos = 0;

      if (debug) 
	{
	  debug_message("# Reparsing saved input with actions");
	  debug_message("# Current Symbol is #" + cur_err_token().sym);
	  debug_message("# Current state is #" + 
			((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state);
	}

      /* continue until we accept or have read all lookahead input */
      while(!_done_parsing)
	{
	  /* current state is always on the top of the stack */

	  /* look up action out of the current state with the current input */
	  act = 
	    get_action(((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state, cur_err_token().sym);

	  /* decode the action -- > 0 encodes shift */
	  if (act > 0)
	    {
	      /* shift to the encoded state by pushing it on the stack */
	      cur_err_token().parse_state = act-1;
	      cur_err_token().used_by_parser = true;
	      if (debug) debug_shift(cur_err_token());
	      stack.push(cur_err_token());
	      tos++;

	      /* advance to the next Symbol, if there is none, we are done */
	      if (!advance_lookahead()) 
		{
		  if (debug) debug_message("# Completed reparse");

		  /* scan next Symbol so we can continue parse */
		  // BUGFIX by Chris Harris <ckharris@ucsd.edu>:
		  //   correct a one-off error by commenting out
		  //   this next line.
		  /*cur_token = scan();*/

		  /* go back to normal parser */
		  return;
		}
	      
	      if (debug) 
		debug_message("# Current Symbol is #" + cur_err_token().sym);
	    }
	  /* if its less than zero, then it encodes a reduce action */
	  else if (act < 0)
	    {
	      /* perform the action for the reduce */
	      lhs_sym = do_action((-act)-1, this, stack, tos);

	      /* look up information about the production */
	      lhs_sym_num = production_tab[(-act)-1][0];
	      handle_size = production_tab[(-act)-1][1];

	      if (debug) debug_reduce((-act)-1, lhs_sym_num, handle_size);

	      /* pop the handle off the stack */
	      for (int i = 0; i < handle_size; i++)
		{
		  stack.pop();
		  tos--;
		}
	      
	      /* look up the state to go to from the one popped back to */
	      act = get_reduce(((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state, lhs_sym_num);

	      /* shift to that state */
	      lhs_sym.parse_state = act;
	      lhs_sym.used_by_parser = true;
	      stack.push(lhs_sym);
	      tos++;
	       
	      if (debug) debug_message("# Goto state #" + act);

	    }
	  /* finally if the entry is zero, we have an error 
	     (shouldn't happen here, but...)*/
	  else if (act == 0)
	    {
	      report_fatal_error("Syntax error", lhs_sym);
	      return;
	    }
	}

	
    
public abstract short[][]production_table()
Table of production information (supplied by generated subclass). This table contains one entry per production and is indexed by the negative-encoded values (reduce actions) in the action_table. Each entry has two parts, the index of the non-terminal on the left hand side of the production, and the number of Symbols on the right hand side.

protected voidread_lookahead()
Read from input to establish our buffer of "parse ahead" lookahead Symbols.

      /* create the lookahead array */
      lookahead = new Symbol[error_sync_size()];

      /* fill in the array */
      for (int i = 0; i < error_sync_size(); i++)
	{
	  lookahead[i] = cur_token;
	  cur_token = scan();
	}

      /* start at the beginning */
      lookahead_pos = 0;
    
public abstract short[][]reduce_table()
The reduce-goto table (supplied by generated subclass). This table is indexed by state and non-terminal number and contains state numbers. States are indexed using the first dimension, however, the entries for a given state are compacted and stored in adjacent index, value pairs which are searched for rather than accessed directly (see get_reduce()). When a reduce occurs, the handle (corresponding to the RHS of the matched production) is popped off the stack. The new top of stack indicates a state. This table is then indexed by that state and the LHS of the reducing production to indicate where to "shift" to.

see
com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.lr_parser#get_reduce

public voidreport_error(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Object info)
Report a non fatal error (or warning). This method takes a message string and an additional object (to be used by specializations implemented in subclasses). Here in the base class a very simple implementation is provided which simply prints the message to System.err.

param
message an error message.
param
info an extra object reserved for use by specialized subclasses.

      System.err.print(message);
      if (info instanceof Symbol)
	if (((Symbol)info).left != -1)
	System.err.println(" at character " + ((Symbol)info).left + 
			   " of input");
	else System.err.println("");
      else System.err.println("");
    
public voidreport_fatal_error(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Object info)
Report a fatal error. This method takes a message string and an additional object (to be used by specializations implemented in subclasses). Here in the base class a very simple implementation is provided which reports the error then throws an exception.

param
message an error message.
param
info an extra object reserved for use by specialized subclasses.

      /* stop parsing (not really necessary since we throw an exception, but) */
      done_parsing();

      /* use the normal error message reporting to put out the message */
      report_error(message, info);

      /* throw an exception */
      throw new Exception("Can't recover from previous error(s)");
    
protected voidrestart_lookahead()
Reset the parse ahead input to one Symbol past where we started error recovery (this consumes one new Symbol from the real input).

      /* move all the existing input over */
      for (int i = 1; i < error_sync_size(); i++)
	lookahead[i-1] = lookahead[i];

      /* read a new Symbol into the last spot */
      cur_token = scan();
      lookahead[error_sync_size()-1] = cur_token;

      /* reset our internal position marker */
      lookahead_pos = 0;
    
public com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symbolscan()
Get the next Symbol from the input (supplied by generated subclass). Once end of file has been reached, all subsequent calls to scan should return an EOF Symbol (which is Symbol number 0). By default this method returns getScanner().next_token(); this implementation can be overriden by the generated parser using the code declared in the "scan with" clause. Do not recycle objects; every call to scan() should return a fresh object.

    return getScanner().next_token();
  
public voidsetScanner(com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Scanner s)
Simple accessor method to set the default scanner.


             
       _scanner = s; 
protected booleanshift_under_error()
Determine if we can shift under the special error Symbol out of the state currently on the top of the (real) parse stack.

      /* is there a shift under error Symbol */
      return get_action(((Symbol)stack.peek()).parse_state, error_sym()) > 0;
    
public abstract intstart_production()
The index of the start production (supplied by generated subclass).

public abstract intstart_state()
The index of the start state (supplied by generated subclass).

public voidsyntax_error(com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symbol cur_token)
This method is called when a syntax error has been detected and recovery is about to be invoked. Here in the base class we just emit a "Syntax error" error message.

param
cur_token the current lookahead Symbol.

      report_error("Syntax error", cur_token);
    
protected booleantry_parse_ahead(boolean debug)
Do a simulated parse forward (a "parse ahead") from the current stack configuration using stored lookahead input and a virtual parse stack. Return true if we make it all the way through the stored lookahead input without error. This basically simulates the action of parse() using only our saved "parse ahead" input, and not executing any actions.

param
debug should we produce debugging messages as we parse.

      int act;
      short lhs, rhs_size;

      /* create a virtual stack from the real parse stack */
      virtual_parse_stack vstack = new virtual_parse_stack(stack);

      /* parse until we fail or get past the lookahead input */
      for (;;)
	{
	  /* look up the action from the current state (on top of stack) */
	  act = get_action(vstack.top(), cur_err_token().sym);

	  /* if its an error, we fail */
	  if (act == 0) return false;

	  /* > 0 encodes a shift */
	  if (act > 0)
	    {
	      /* push the new state on the stack */
	      vstack.push(act-1);

	      if (debug) debug_message("# Parse-ahead shifts Symbol #" + 
		       cur_err_token().sym + " into state #" + (act-1));

	      /* advance simulated input, if we run off the end, we are done */
	      if (!advance_lookahead()) return true;
	    }
	  /* < 0 encodes a reduce */
	  else
	    {
	      /* if this is a reduce with the start production we are done */
	      if ((-act)-1 == start_production()) 
		{
		  if (debug) debug_message("# Parse-ahead accepts");
		  return true;
		}

	      /* get the lhs Symbol and the rhs size */
	      lhs = production_tab[(-act)-1][0];
	      rhs_size = production_tab[(-act)-1][1];

	      /* pop handle off the stack */
	      for (int i = 0; i < rhs_size; i++)
		vstack.pop();

	      if (debug) 
		debug_message("# Parse-ahead reduces: handle size = " + 
	          rhs_size + " lhs = #" + lhs + " from state #" + vstack.top());

	      /* look up goto and push it onto the stack */
	      vstack.push(get_reduce(vstack.top(), lhs));
	      if (debug) 
		debug_message("# Goto state #" + vstack.top());
	    }
	}
    
protected static short[][]unpackFromStrings(java.lang.String[] sa)
Utility function: unpacks parse tables from strings

      // Concatanate initialization strings.
      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(sa[0]);
      for (int i=1; i<sa.length; i++)
	sb.append(sa[i]);
      int n=0; // location in initialization string
      int size1 = (((int)sb.charAt(n))<<16) | ((int)sb.charAt(n+1)); n+=2;
      short[][] result = new short[size1][];
      for (int i=0; i<size1; i++) {
        int size2 = (((int)sb.charAt(n))<<16) | ((int)sb.charAt(n+1)); n+=2;
        result[i] = new short[size2];
        for (int j=0; j<size2; j++)
          result[i][j] = (short) (sb.charAt(n++)-2);
      }
      return result;
    
public voidunrecovered_syntax_error(com.sun.java_cup.internal.runtime.Symbol cur_token)
This method is called if it is determined that syntax error recovery has been unsuccessful. Here in the base class we report a fatal error.

param
cur_token the current lookahead Symbol.

      report_fatal_error("Couldn't repair and continue parse", cur_token);
    
public voiduser_init()
User code for initialization inside the parser. Typically this initializes the scanner. This is called before the parser requests the first Symbol. Here this is just a placeholder for subclasses that might need this and we perform no action. This method is normally overridden by the generated code using this contents of the "init with" clause as its body.