Writing language converter in ANTLR

Question

I\'m writing a converter between some dialects of the same programming language. I\'ve found a grammar on the net - it\'s complex and handles all the cases. Now I\'m trying

Answer 1

The easiest way is to create a rewriter. Set grammar to rewrite, use templates and create a template in-place. Then use TokenRewriteStream and it's ToString() method.

grammar Test;

options {
    language = CSharp2;
    output = template;
    rewrite = true;
}

program
    : statement_list
    ;

//...

statement
    :   expression_statement
    // ...
    ;

expression_statement
    : function_call
    // ...
    ;

function_call
    : ID '('                    { /* build the object, assign name */
                                  Function function = new Function();
                                  //...
                                }
      (
      arg1 = expression         { /* add first parameter */ }
      ( ',' arg2 = expression   { /* add the rest of parameters */ }
      )*
      )?
      ')' -> { new StringTemplate(Tools.Convert(function)) }
    ;

And the driver:

    string input = "....";

    var stream = new ANTLRStringStream(input);
    var lexer = new TestLexer(stream);

    // need to use TokenRewriteStream
    var tokenStream = new TokenRewriteStream(lexer);
    var parser = new TestParser(tokenStream);

    parser.program();

    // original text
    Console.WriteLine(tokenStream.ToOriginalString());
    // rewritten text
    Console.WriteLine(tokenStream.ToString());