Xtext - Grammar language

Xtext is a grammar language created in 2006.

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git clone https://github.com/eclipse/xtext

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Xtext is an open-source software framework for developing programming languages and domain-specific languages (DSLs). Unlike standard parser generators, Xtext generates not only a parser, but also a class model for the abstract syntax tree, as well as providing a fully featured, customizable Eclipse-based IDE.Xtext is being developed in the Eclipse Project as part of the Eclipse Modeling Framework Project and is licensed under the Eclipse Public License.. Read more on Wikipedia...

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Xtext is developed on GitHub and has 758 stars
Xtext is written in Java, XML, Xtend, Ini, HTML, JavaScript, Gradle, Bourne shell, CSS, Markdown, JSON, TypeScript, YAML, Dockerfile, CSV, Objective C++, SVG
Read more about Xtext on the web: 1.

Example from the web:

grammar org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals
    hidden(WS, ML_COMMENT, SL_COMMENT)
 
import "http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore" as ecore
 
terminal ID:
    '^'?('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_')('a'..'z'|'A'..'Z'|'_'|'0'..'9')*;
 
terminal INT returns ecore::EInt:
    ('0'..'9')+;
 
terminal STRING:
    '"' ( '\\'('b'|'t'|'n'|'f'|'r'|'u'|'"'|"'"|'\\') | !('\\'|'"') )* '"' |
    "'" ( '\\'('b'|'t'|'n'|'f'|'r'|'u'|'"'|"'"|'\\') | !('\\'|"'") )* "'";
 
terminal ML_COMMENT:
    '/*' -> '*/';
 
terminal SL_COMMENT:
    '//' !('\n'|'\r')* ('\r'? '\n')?;
 
terminal WS:
    (' '|'\t'|'\r'|'\n')+;
 
terminal ANY_OTHER:
    .;

Language features

Feature	Supported	Example	Token
Mixins	✓	grammar org.example.domainmodel.Domainmodel with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals
File Imports	✓	import "http://www.xtext.org/example/Domainmodel" import "http://www.xtext.org/example/Domainmodel" as dmodel