Spirit 2.5.5

Boost C++ Libraries

Spirit 2.5.5

Joel de Guzman

Hartmut Kaiser

Copyright © 2001-2011 Joel de Guzman, Hartmut Kaiser

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

Table of Contents

Spirit V2.5.5
Spirit V2.5.4
Spirit V2.5.3
Spirit V2.5.2
Spirit V2.5.1
Spirit V2.5
Spirit V2.4.2
Spirit V2.4.1
Spirit V2.4
Spirit V2.3
Spirit V2.2
Spirit V2.1
Spirit Classic

Introduction

Include

Syntax Diagram

Parsing Expression Grammar

Attributes of Primitive Components
Attributes of Compound Components
More About Attributes of Compound Components
Attributes of Rules and Grammars

Qi - Writing Parsers

Quick Start
Warming up
Parser Semantic Actions
Complex - Our first complex parser
Sum - adding numbers
Number List - stuffing numbers into a std::vector
Number List Redux - list syntax
Number List Attribute - one more, with style
Roman Numerals
Employee - Parsing into structs
Mini XML - ASTs!
Mini XML - Error Handling

Quick Reference

Common Notation
Qi Parsers
Compound Attribute Rules
Nonterminals
Parser Semantic Actions
Phoenix

Parser Concepts
Parser Basics
Parser API
Semantic Actions with Parsers
Auto Parser
Auxiliary Parsers
Binary Parsers
Character Parsers
Parser Directives
Nonterminal Parsers
Numeric Parsers
Parser Operators
Stream Parsers
String Parsers

Karma - Writing Generators

Quick Start
Warming up
Generator Semantic Actions
Complex - A first more complex generator
Complex - Made easier
Complex - Fully Integrated
Number List - Printing Numbers From a std::vector
Matrix of Numbers - Printing Numbers From a Matrix

Quick Reference

Common Notation
Karma Generators
Compound Attribute Rules
Nonterminals
Generator Semantic Actions
Phoenix

Generator Concepts
Generator Basics
Generator API
Semantic Actions with Generators
Auto Generator
Auxiliary Generators
Binary Generators
Char Generators
Generator Directives
Nonterminal Generators
Numeric Generators
Generator Operators
Stream Generators
String Generators

Performance Measurements

Performance of Numeric Generators

Karma Index

Lex - Writing Lexical Analyzers

Introduction to Spirit.Lex

Spirit.Lex Tutorials

Spirit.Lex Tutorials Overview
Quickstart 1 - A word counter using Spirit.Lex
Quickstart 2 - A better word counter using Spirit.Lex
Quickstart 3 - Counting Words Using a Parser

Lexer Primitives
Tokenizing Input Data
Lexer Semantic Actions
The Static Lexer Model

Quick Reference

Common Notation
Primitive Lexer Components
Semantic Actions
Phoenix
Supported Regular Expressions

Lexer Concepts
Basics
Lexer API
Token definition Primitives

Parsers in Depth

Customization of Spirit's Attribute Handling

Determine if a Type Should be Treated as a Container (Qi and Karma)
Determine if a Type Should be Treated as a String (Qi and Karma)
Determine Whether a Component Handles Container Attributes (Qi and Karma)
Transform an Attribute to a Different Type (Qi and Karma)
Store a Parsed Attribute Value (Qi)
Store Parsed Attribute Values into a Container (Qi)
Re-Initialize an Attribute Value before Parsing (Qi)
Extract an Attribute Value to Generate Output (Karma)
Extract From a Container Attribute Value to Generate Output (Karma)
Extract Attribute Values to Generate Output from a Container (Karma)
Extract a C-Style String to Generate Output from a String Type (Karma)
Atomically Extract an Attribute Value from a Container (Karma)
Create Components from Attributes (Qi and Karma)

Supporting Libraries

The multi pass iterator
The line position iterator
The utree data structure

Porting from Spirit 1.8.x
Style Guide

Spirit Repository

Acknowledgments

This is the documentation of the latest LTS (C++03) version of Spirit (currently, V2.5.5). For the newest (C++14) version, please follow to Spirit.X3. If you're looking for the documentation of Spirit's first generation version (formerly Spirit V1.8), see Spirit.Classic.

Last revised: April 11, 2018 at 13:53:42 GMT