Class: Rley::Syntax::Production

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/rley/syntax/production.rb

Overview

In a context-free grammar, a production is a rule in which its left-hand side (LHS) consists solely of a non-terminal symbol and the right-hand side (RHS) consists of a sequence of symbols. The symbols in RHS can be either terminal or non-terminal symbols. The rule stipulates that the LHS is equivalent to the RHS, in other words every occurrence of the LHS can be substituted to corresponding RHS.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(aNonTerminal, theSymbols) ⇒ Production

Create a Production instance.

Parameters:



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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 36

def initialize(aNonTerminal, theSymbols)
  @lhs = valid_lhs(aNonTerminal)
  @rhs = valid_rhs(theSymbols)       
end

Instance Attribute Details

#generative=(value) ⇒ Boolean (writeonly)

rhs members are generative (that is, they can each generate/derive a non-empty string of terminals).

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    A production is generative when all of its



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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 26

def generative=(value)
  @generative = value
end

#lhs ⇒ NonTerminal (readonly) Also known as: head

Returns The left-hand side of the rule.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 17

def lhs
  @lhs
end

#name ⇒ String

Returns The name of the production rule. It must be unique in a grammar.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    The name of the production rule. It must be unique in a grammar.



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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 21

def name
  @name
end

#rhs ⇒ SymbolSeq (readonly) Also known as: body

Returns The right-hand side (rhs).

Returns:



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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 14

def rhs
  @rhs
end

Instance Method Details

#as(aName) ⇒ Object

A setter for the production name

Parameters:

  • aName (String) —

    the name of the production



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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 69

def as(aName)
  @name = aName
end

#empty? ⇒ Boolean

Is the rhs empty?

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    true if the rhs has no members.



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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 43

def empty?()
  return rhs.empty?
end

#generative? ⇒ Boolean

Return true iff the production is generative

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 48

def generative?()
  if @generative.nil?
  end
  
  return @generative
end

#inspect ⇒ String

Returns a string containing a human-readable representation of the production.

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'lib/rley/syntax/production.rb', line 58

def inspect()
  result = "#<#{self.class.name}:#{object_id}"
  result << " @name=\"#{name}\""
  result << " @lhs=#{lhs.name}"
  result << " @rhs=#{rhs.inspect}"
  result << " @generative=#{@generative}>"
  return result
end