Package java_cup

Class lalr_item


public class lalr_item extends lr_item_core
This class represents an LALR item. Each LALR item consists of a production, a "dot" at a position within that production, and a set of lookahead symbols (terminal). (The first two of these parts are provide by the super class). An item is designed to represent a configuration that the parser may be in. For example, an item of the form:
    [A ::= B * C d E  , {a,b,c}]
  
indicates that the parser is in the middle of parsing the production
    A ::= B C d E
  
that B has already been parsed, and that we will expect to see a lookahead of either a, b, or c once the complete RHS of this production has been found.

Items may initially be missing some items from their lookahead sets. Links are maintained from each item to the set of items that would need to be updated if symbols are added to its lookahead set. During "lookahead propagation", we add symbols to various lookahead sets and propagate these changes across these dependency links as needed.

Version:
last updated: 11/25/95
Author:
Scott Hudson
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  • Field Details

    • _lookahead

      protected terminal_set _lookahead
      The lookahead symbols of the item.
    • _propagate_items

      protected Stack _propagate_items
      Links to items that the lookahead needs to be propagated to.
    • needs_propagation

      protected boolean needs_propagation
      Flag to indicate that this item needs to propagate its lookahead (whether it has changed or not).
  • Constructor Details

    • lalr_item

      public lalr_item(production prod, int pos, terminal_set look) throws internal_error
      Full constructor.
      Parameters:
      prod - the production for the item.
      pos - the position of the "dot" within the production.
      look - the set of lookahead symbols.
      Throws:
      internal_error
    • lalr_item

      public lalr_item(production prod, terminal_set look) throws internal_error
      Constructor with default position (dot at start).
      Parameters:
      prod - the production for the item.
      look - the set of lookahead symbols.
      Throws:
      internal_error
    • lalr_item

      public lalr_item(production prod) throws internal_error
      Constructor with default position and empty lookahead set.
      Parameters:
      prod - the production for the item.
      Throws:
      internal_error
  • Method Details

    • lookahead

      public terminal_set lookahead()
      The lookahead symbols of the item.
    • propagate_items

      public Stack propagate_items()
      Links to items that the lookahead needs to be propagated to
    • add_propagate

      public void add_propagate(lalr_item prop_to)
      Add a new item to the set of items we propagate to.
    • propagate_lookaheads

      public void propagate_lookaheads(terminal_set incoming) throws internal_error
      Propagate incoming lookaheads through this item to others need to be changed.
      Throws:
      internal_error
    • shift

      public lalr_item shift() throws internal_error
      Produce the new lalr_item that results from shifting the dot one position to the right.
      Throws:
      internal_error
    • calc_lookahead

      public terminal_set calc_lookahead(terminal_set lookahead_after) throws internal_error
      Calculate lookahead representing symbols that could appear after the symbol that the dot is currently in front of. Note: this routine must not be invoked before first sets and nullability has been calculated for all non terminals.
      Throws:
      internal_error
    • lookahead_visible

      public boolean lookahead_visible() throws internal_error
      Determine if everything from the symbol one beyond the dot all the way to the end of the right hand side is nullable. This would indicate that the lookahead of this item must be included in the lookaheads of all items produced as a closure of this item. Note: this routine should not be invoked until after first sets and nullability have been calculated for all non terminals.
      Throws:
      internal_error
    • equals

      public boolean equals(lalr_item other)
      Equality comparison -- here we only require the cores to be equal since we need to do sets of items based only on core equality (ignoring lookahead sets).
    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object other)
      Generic equality comparison.
      Overrides:
      equals in class lr_item_core
    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Return a hash code -- here we only hash the core since we only test core matching in LALR items.
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class lr_item_core
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Convert to string.
      Overrides:
      toString in class lr_item_core