org.jnetstream.lang
Interface CodeTarget

All Known Implementing Classes:

Targets

public interface CodeTarget

Interface which setups a code target for the compiler. There are a number of predefined code targets in the Targets table. Targets are simply different ANTLR string templates which can produce completely different type of output.

To provide your own target simply implement this interface and return a set of your own templates. The templates themselves, must implement the IntermediateTemplate StringTemplate interface provided in the org.jnetstream.lang.template package. This is a special type of interface that is not a Java interface but a StringTemplate interface that uses string template syntax. The string template interface ensures that all the elements for which the output emitter utilizing intermediate AST has all the appropriate template elements, all with correct formal parameters and names.

Author:

Mark Bednarczyk, Sly Technologies, Inc.

Method Summary

java.io.File[]

getTemplateFiles() Gets the list of template files that are grouped into a StringTemplateGroup by the compiler.

Method Detail

getTemplateFiles

java.io.File[] getTemplateFiles()

Gets the list of template files that are grouped into a StringTemplateGroup by the compiler. Changing targets simply means providing a different set of templates. All the output language semantics are specified within the templates.

Returns:

array of template files where the order of determines the template hierachy with the the template file at index 0 beind the lowest super tempalte and the last file within the array being the must sub-template.