Pragmatic Versioning
At JavaParser we use a variation of Semantic Versioning that we might call “Pragmatic Versioning.” Why? First, why not just use the Semantic Versioning? Well, […]
Articles by Danny van Bruggen
Analysing an entire project in one go
JavaParser works great to analyse java code and provides a way to process a source directory in one go. But it was lacking a […]
Inspecting an AST
Inspecting an AST Two of the more common questions on JavaParser are: If I have this piece of code, how do I access that part […]
JavaParser’s logging framework in one file
JavaParser’s logging framework in one file Ah, logging, the most important topic in the Java programming world if you look at the amount of time […]
Making strings in JavaParser
Printing the AST in JavaParser There are various options for printing source code in JavaParser, and not all of them well explained. Node.toString / PrettyPrinter […]
The quick and the full API of JavaParser
The quick and the full API of JavaParser Lost in a dark corner of the JavaParser site is the idea behind the two API’s of […]
Less casting in JavaParser
Less casting in JavaParser A common pattern in code using JavaParser looks as follows:
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// We get a field that has a pretty wide type: Expression Expression condExpr = ifStmt.getCondition(); // We want to know if it happens to be a BinaryExpr, so instanceof if (condExpr instanceof BinaryExpr) { // Yeah, we already know it is a BinaryExpr, // but Java wants you to cast it anyway... BinaryExpr cond = (BinaryExpr) condExpr; // Now we can use cond... } |
Federico Tomassetti, who maintains Java Symbol Solver, suggested we move […]
Parse error recovery
Parse error recovery Since JavaParser 3.2.7, JavaParser is able to recover from parse errors. What does this mean? It’s not about semantic errors This is […]
Inverting ifs in JavaParser
Inverting ifs in JavaParser To answer a question from Kaleem on our Gitter channel, I made a little sample program that turns all if(x!=y) a […]
Code generation and Maven in JavaParser
If you are not working on the JavaParser project itself, ignore this article. What’s below is outdated starting from version 3.2.9. Currently the build does […]