JavaCC Eclipse Plug-in and Headless Plug-in
for Eclipse 3.7+ with JDK 1.7+ and JavaCC 5.0+ and JTB 1.4.9

Last update: jan 23th, 2015 - version 1.5.30

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The JavaCC Eclipse Plug-in provides

• preference pages for the plugin, JavaCC, JJTree, JJDoc & JTB options setting (with the ability to use other external versions of JavaCC and JTB)
• an editor for JavaCC, JJTree and JTB sources, with
  • formatting, syntax coloring, automatic indentation, matching punctuation highlighting, spell checking (but not spell correction)
  • navigation to elements declaration / uses (open declaration and back / forth)
  • keyboard shortcuts (Comment lines Ctrl+/, Open declaration F3 & Ctrl+click, Format Ctrl+Shift+F, Open Call Hierarchy Ctrl+Alt+H; can be customized through the standard mechanism)
• an outline view for JavaCC, JJTree and JTB sources
• a call hierarchy view for JavaCC, JJTree and JTB sources
• JavaCC, JJTree & JJDoc sources compilation (see https://javacc.dev.java.net/)
• JTB source compilation (see http://compilers.cs.ucla.edu/jtb/)
• JavaCC, JJTree and JTB sources compilation problems reporting
• a console for compilation outputs with hyperlinks to Errors and Warnings
• decoration of generated files
• JavaCC menu and toolbar buttons
• JavaCC launching in the same directory as the grammar files (to facilitate package handling)
• some (rather old) help through the Eclipse menu Help / Help Contents

The JavaCC Eclipse Headless Plug-in depends since 1.5.28 from the JavaCC Plug-in, and provides

• a builder and a nature to use JavaCC without any UI, for Eclipse "headless" builds (console is on System.out but nothing is printed on it)

Changes history (dd/mm/yy)

18/01/15 - 1.5.29
fixed a problem on the compile commands (see discussion / help http://sourceforge.net/p/eclipse-javacc/discussion/190562/thread/bbf4cfb8/);
updated with JTB 1.4.9

08/11/12-30/12/14 - 1.5.28
updated with JTB 1.4.8;
added the "JVM Options" option and the "Keep deleted files in history" option (default set to false) in the Global Options Tab of the project preferences;
added (JavaCC) parsing problems in JTB hyperlink reporting;
fixed problems markers not showing in derived .jj file issue;
fixed cursor position issue in content assist;
sorted and revised (to be much more accurate and context dependent) the content assist proposals list;
revised the outline view (added nodes and the no node creation flags, added synchronization with the editor, added node highlighting in the outline when double-clicking and modifying in the editor);
revised the call hierarchy view, added synchronization with the editor;
revised the icons transparency;
internal refactoring on file names and package contents; removed JTBEditor subclasse; switched from actions, actionSets, actionSetPartAssociations, editorActions, viewActions and popupMenus to expressions, handlers and menus; added a JavaCC menu in the menu bar and in the toolbar;
made the annotation markers summarizable ; fixed markers deletion;
added the PARSER_BEGIN node to and removed the JAVACODE node from the foldable nodes set;
fixed nature and builder ids (seen in .project);
added next/previous navigation for annotations;
rewrote logs, produced them in the Error Log, added the plugin's version, the stacktrace and context data;
added the generated file filter in the Project Explorer view and removed it from the Outline view;
added in Package and Project Explorer view a button to suppress all generated files in the selected package;
fixed some issues on clearing the JavaCC console after file deletions on automatic builds;
improved displays in the JavaCC console (timestamp, messages);
fixed issues in the JavaCC "options" section (display in the Outline, completion proposals);
added comments folding and fixed the other foldings in one line instead of two;
fixed the templates to reflect the change of the parser name;
fixed some icons in the Outline and the Call Hierarchy views;
fixed some synchronization and display issues (highlight, background color) around selections in the JJEditor, Outline and Call Hierarchy views;
changed the action (from double-click to single-click) in the JJEditor to display a node in the Outline view;
fixed bug #56 "NPE dragging a jj/jjt/jtb file in Eclipse plugin" by adding the drag and drop capability (opening of JJEditor, proper interaction with the Call Hierarchy view, and disabling of compile commands;)
added the OUTPUT_LANGUAGE option (form JavaCC 6.0+; but not yet the ability for JTB to generate C++ classes);
improved displaying the line in error in the JJEditor when clicking on the error in the Outline view;
fixed issues in the completion proposals computation when the grammar file is empty or almost empty;
refactored some packages and classes to simplify the common and different code from the normal and the headless plugin

25/09/12 - 1.5.27
localized Call Hierarchy view tooltip texts;
updated with JTB 1.4.7;
managed new column numbers in JTB messages;
managed multiple messages on the same line in editors;
upgraded the internal JTB grammar and the syntax coloring to handle the JTB 1.4.7 new '!' syntax for not generating a node creation; tested on Eclipse 3.7 / 3.7.2;
fixed properties for the wizard

29/06/12 - 1.5.26
new contributor Bill Fenlason;
added Bill's syntax coloring rewritten code;
updated javadoc (- in @param & @throws, {@inheritDoc} instead of @see, ...);
fixed some properties issues

03/05/12 - 1.5.25
added in JJReconcilingStrategy Bill Fenlason's hack proposal for syntax coloring problems;
fixed property error in JJNewPage; fixed NPE in JJCallHierarchy;
enhanced Outline view to display identifiers and JJTree Nodes RFE 2968192;
added "mark generated files as derived" option RFE 3314103;
enhanced display / navigation in Outline & Call Hierarchy views;
enhanced hyperlink detection / navigation;
added default options display in JavaCC Plugin Preferences;
fixed empty default options display in JavaCC Project Options;
changed default JDK version to 1.6;
changed plugin dependencies to at least version 3.6.0;
updated with JTB 1.4.6; fixed bug 3157017

02/12/10 - 1.5.24
fixed NPE in JJDecorator; updated with JTB 1.4.4; built over Eclipse 3.5.2

xx/04/10 - 1.5.23
added spelling problem annotation hover; dropped support of Eclipse 3.4 (Galileo) and JDK 1.5;
refactored packages and added the headless plug-in

31/03/10 - 1.5.22
fixed spell checking issues (non reported bugs + SR 2904433);
fixed tab issue (bugs 2961174 & 2958124);
fixed wizard template files issue (bug 2962672);
fixed comments highlighting issue (bug 2961174 + non reported bug);
fixed files regeneration warnings issue(bug 2903612);
fixed folding structure update issue (bug 1975872);
refactored layouts of Preferences and Project Properties pages (added groups and tooltips);
updated with JTB 1.4.3

26/02/10 - 1.5.21
fixed Wizard not closing on error (bug RK and SR 2956977)

25/02/10 - 1.5.20
fixed JTB preferences issue (for options defaulting to true);
fixed extra quote in command line (bug RK and SR 2956977)

19/02/10 - 1.5.19
fixed project preferences issues with resulting command line options field / specific options fields / enclosing quotes for paths and files

17/02/10 - 1.5.18
fixed /**/ syntax coloring issue (bug 2946447);
fixed missing french JTB preferences issue;
fixed JTB preferences not stored issue;
fixed compile annotations and hyperlink issues in JTB Editor / Console;
splitted templates for static = true and static = false (bug 2951454);
added spell checking (but not spell correction...);
updated with JTB 1.4.1

13/11/09 - 1.5.17
fixed formatting / syntax coloring / outline / autoindent / call hierarchy / context menus / messages issues;
updated with JTB 1.4.0 and new options (Marc Mazas)

04/10/09 - 1.5.16
added support for Eclipse variables in Builder and Options;
fixed JTB jar store bug in preferences and added use of default jar when no jar is set

07/09/09 - 1.5.15
updated with JavaCC 5.0 and for new options;
fixed running in Galileo;
compiled with Java 1.5 to support Mac OS X;
Changed the released zip to be a zipped update site file

23/05/09 - 1.5.14
added Call hierarchy view

25/04/09 - 1.5.13
updated JavaCC / JJTree / JTB options, New preferences, Enhanced formatting & coloring (Marc Mazas)

13/07/08 - 1.5.12
updated with JavaCC 4.1, added Folding, Hover, Completion proposals, and project Cleaning

08/07/07 - 1.5.10
fixed JJTREE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, NullPointerException

10/06/07 - 1.5.9
fixed javacc.jar to handle output directory for JJDoc

11/03/07 - 1.5.7
fixed suppress warnings and preserve unicode escape when formatting

26/11/06 - 1.5.6
restored compatibility with Eclipse 3.1 and handle case where no src/bin dir are defined

05/11/06 - 1.5.5
added Java 1.5 and Eclipse 3.2.1 support;
fixed bug in console hyperlinks;
added basic content assistant

01/10/06 - 1.5.4
added suppressed warnings in generated files;
added global preferences for colors

24/05/06 - 1.5.3
fixed plug-in key conflict F3

27/03/06 - 1.5.2
removed "exclude from build" and adopted Eclipse way, ie Build Path

24/02/06 - 1.5.1
added French version (but the help is still in english)

13/11/05 - 1.4.0
added update site, automatic format, java 1.4 .class files compatibility

31/10/05 - 1.3.0
added JTB, Ctrl+click to open declaration, Wizard

Quick Start

• the generated files are decorated with a "G" and a "<somefromfile.jj>" to indicate where the .jj files come from,
• there may be compiler warnings, in the java generated files (due to your compiler error & warnings settings and due to the way JavaCC generates the java code)
• the JavaCC console opens automatically.

• Select "TestJavaCC" and menu "Run"/ "Run as..." / "Java application"
• Choose "eg1" for the main type.
• You can now test your JavaCC application:

Support

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