SharpBoomerang

Parser and unparser (pretty printer) from the same grammar. Somewhat akin to the boomerang package for Haskell, or the Boomerang language.

Features

Written in F# 4.0
In F#, you can define the grammar in a functional style with combinators!

Considerations

Still pretty rough, especially from C#
Not many tests yet
Not yet optimized for performance
Not yet a complete parsing framework

Requirements

Visual Studio

You'll need Visual Studio 2015 -- earlier versions will not work. Just load SharpBoomerang.sln and go!

Xamarin Studio

If you are using Mono, you'll need version 4.3.1 or newer. Just load SharpBoomerang.sln in Xamarin Studio and go!

Docs

Documentation can be found in the docs directory, or online. The HTML docs can be built like this:

[Windows] build.cmd docs
[Mac] build.fsx docs

TL;DR

For those who are impatient, here are some samples that are more fully discussed in the docs.

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#load @"SharpBoomerang.fsx"
open SharpBoomerang
open SharpBoomerang.Combinators

Hello World

let bhello =
    blit %"Hello" >>       // boomerang the literal string, "Hello"
    ~~(blit %",") %true >> // optionally parse a comma (",") -- "%true" means it will always be printed
    !+(bws %' ') >>        // parse one or more whitespace characters -- it will print one space
    blit %"World!"         // boomerang the literal string, "World!"

Parse a Name

type Title =
    | Mr
    | Ms
    | Dr

type Name = {
    Title : Title option;
    First : string;
    Last  : string;
}

let bspace = !+(bws %' ')
let btitle = ~~~(bdu<Title> .>> ~~(blit %".") %true .>> bspace)
let bname = btitle .>>. bstr .>> bspace .>>. bstr .>>% ((fun (t, f, l) -> { Title = t; First = f; Last = l }), (fun n -> (n.Title, n.First, n.Last)))

Parse JSON

See the full document here.

Tests

The NUnit tests are under the tests directory. The tests should be runnable from the Unit Tests pad in Xamarin Studio or the Test Explorer in Visual Studio.

Building the NuGet Package

Sometimes it's helpful to build the NuGet package locally. To do this:

[Windows] build.cmd nupkg
[Mac] build.fsx nupkg

If you have not already built a Release build, the build will run as part of this command. Note that you'll need to have previously restored the NuGet packages otherwise it will fail.

Contributions, Feedback, etc.

All welcome! Feel free to file PRs or Issues. Also consider poking me on Twitter @chknofthescene, as I sometimes miss GitHub notifications.

chkn/SharpBoomerang