Questions about the status of the project

[ftomassetti]

Which version of Java does it support? Is it complete? How does it compare to https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser? Are you looking for help for this project?

Thanks!

[mikedehaan]

The latest version of the parser supports Java 1.8 and successfully processes the Java 8 source tree. I have not compared this project to javaparser. When I was starting this project, I could not find any parser that supported Java 7. My motivation was to help support the Spring Roo project by creating a drop in replacement of their previous parser while using a technology that allowed for easier future enhancement. Antlr worked perfectly for this.

Today, this parser is still the one being used by Spring Roo.

I would love help with this project. Do you have experience using Antlr?

[ftomassetti]

Today JavaParser supports Java 8. JavaParser is based on JavaCC instead of Java 8. I have experience with Antlr, with code generation and parsers. I think it would be great to build additional features on top of the parser like symbol resolution. I did something along that line in Clojure on top of JavaParser but I think it would be great to have a library for that (I described my approach in http://tomassetti.me/building-models-of-java-code-from-class-and-jar-files/ and http://tomassetti.me/how-to-build-a-symbol-solver-for-java-in-clojure/).

Do you have seen the Java8 grammar from the Antlr project? https://github.com/antlr/grammars-v4/tree/master/java8

Do you have specific plans for this project?