NAME
   MarpaX::Languages::ECMAScript::AST - Translate a ECMAScript source to an
   AST

VERSION
   version 0.019

SYNOPSIS
       use strict;
       use warnings FATAL => 'all';
       use MarpaX::Languages::ECMAScript::AST;
       use Log::Log4perl qw/:easy/;
       use Log::Any::Adapter;
       use Log::Any qw/$log/;
       #
       # Init log
       #
       our $defaultLog4perlConf = '
       log4perl.rootLogger              = WARN, Screen
       log4perl.appender.Screen         = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen
       log4perl.appender.Screen.stderr  = 0
       log4perl.appender.Screen.layout  = PatternLayout
       log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %-5p %6P %m{chomp}%n
       ';
       Log::Log4perl::init(\$defaultLog4perlConf);
       Log::Any::Adapter->set('Log4perl');
       #
       # Parse ECMAScript
       #
       my $ecmaSourceCode = 'var i = 0;';
       my $ecmaAstObject = MarpaX::Languages::ECMAScript::AST->new();
       $log->infof('%s', $ecmaAstObject->parse($ecmaSourceCode));

DESCRIPTION
   This module translates ECMAScript source into an AST tree. If you want
   to enable logging, be aware that this module is using Log::Any.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS
 new($class, %options)
   Instantiate a new object. Takes as parameter an optional hash of options
   that can be:

   grammarName
       Name of a grammar. Default is 'ECMAScript-262-5'.

   cache
       Produced AST can be cached: very often the same ECMAScript is used
       again and again, so there is no need to always compute it at each
       call. The cache key is the buffer MD4 checksum, eventual collisions
       being handled. The cache location is the my_dist_data directory
       provided by File::HomeDir package. Default is a false value.

   ANYTHINGELSE
       Any other option that will be specific to the ECMAScript specific
       implementation. In practice these are:

       Template
           Reference to a hash for template options. C.f. per-ECMAScript
           documentation.

       StringNumericLiteral
           Reference to a hash for StringNumericLiteral grammar options.
           C.f. per-ECMAScript documentation.

       Pattern
           Reference to a hash for Pattern grammar options. C.f.
           per-ECMAScript documentation.

 describe($self)
   Get a description of the G1 grammar. Returns a reference to hash, that
   has this structure: key => value, where

   key 'G1' or 'G0', with value being a reference to all rules, LHS being
       the first.

 grammarAlias($self)
   Returns the grammar alias, i.e. the one that is used within this
   distribution, corresponding to a true directory on the filesystem.

 templatePath($self)
   Returns the templates absolute path.

 parse($self, $source)
   Get an AST from the ECMAScript source, pointed by $source. This method
   will call all the intermediary steps (lexical, transformation,
   evaluation) necessary to produce the AST. An AST is a reference to
   nested arrays, containing either:

   valuesAndRuleId
       An entry describing a G1 rule (i.e. a non-terminal) is a reference
       to an array. The array contains the values of the right-hand side of
       the rule, followed by the rule Id.

   startAndLengthAndValue
       An entry describing a lexeme (i.e. a terminal) is a reference to an
       array. The array contains the start location in the stream, length
       and lexeme as perl's utf8 string.

 template($self)
   Return the generic template for this grammar. This template is doing
   nothing else but reproduce an ECMAScript source that, if parsed, would
   have an AST similar to the original source.

 stringNumericLiteral($self)
   Return the generic stringNumericLiteral for this grammar.

 pattern($self)
   Return the generic Pattern for this grammar.

 JSON($self)
   Return the generic JSON for this grammar.

 URI($self)
   Return the generic URI for this grammar.

SEE ALSO
   Log::Any

   Marpa::R2

   Digest::MD4

   CHI::Driver::File

   MarpaX::Languages::ECMAScript::AST::Grammar::ECMAScript_262_5

SUPPORT
 Bugs / Feature Requests
   Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at
   <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=MarpaX-Languages-ECMA
   Script-AST>. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your
   issue.

 Source Code
   This is open source software. The code repository is available for
   public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

   <https://github.com/jddurand/marpax-languages-ecmascript-ast>

     git clone git://github.com/jddurand/marpax-languages-ecmascript-ast.git

AUTHOR
   Jean-Damien Durand <[email protected]>

CONTRIBUTOR
   jddurand <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
   This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jean-Damien Durand.

   This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
   the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.