BCD XML 2 D (Hi Gregor)

[Gregor Richards]

BLS wrote:
> Hi ,
> A few month ago I am playing with the idea to create an Java2XML Tool in
> order to use XML as intermediate language to translate Java into D. I found
> an allready existing tool, but it only supports Java 1.3 and the generated
> XML was not well formed. Anyway, Using ANTLR and the existing Java 1.5
> Grammar I should be able to create a full working Java 1.5Parser . This
> Parser will further enable me to create adequate XML representations....
> XML to D ! At this point I am a little bit helpless and unexperienced, so I
> would like to ask you, or somebody else of course , for advice, hints,links,
> in other words help.
> 
> Bjoern
> 
> 

Honestly, I don't think I could help you much from a high-level view. 
With specifics, maybe, but since you're making a porter and I'm making a 
binder, they're actually quite different.  You won't have to mess with 
gobetween functions and the ilk, but I don't have to mess with any real 
code.

Most features of Java are supported by D in a somewhat direct fashion, 
so I suspect that many parts of the XML->D translation will be somewhat 
trivial.  Just write parser functions for each type of XML node that 
outputs the appropriate D code, and since the structure is fairly 
similar, much of it will probably work.

But like I said, our projects, while they seem similar, are actually 
fundamentally different (porting vs binding), so I'm not sure how much 
help I can be.

  - Gregor Richards

PS: Best advice: Just dive in and do it ^^